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Samuel Johnson Quotes: Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
         

Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.


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Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
         



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