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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough — Samuel Johnson

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BOSWELL : I do indeed come from Scotland, but I ca
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 16 March 1759

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Samuel Johnson

1709-09-18 — 1784-12-13 · Lichfield

Samuel Johnson was a prominent 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary figures in British history, famous for his 'A Dictionary of the English Language'.

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