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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“A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
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“Then with no fiery throbbing pain,
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