Books On Samuel Johnson
- Ellis, Joseph J., The New England Mind in Transition: Samuel Johnson of Connecticut, 1696-1772 (Yale University Press, 1973)
- Herbert and Carol Schneider, Samuel Johnson, President of King's College: His Career and Writings (4 vols., 1929)
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“Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it: every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.”
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