If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would st…

Samuel Johnson
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If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still ✨ Samuel Johnson, Robert ARMITAGE (1850). Doctor Johnson: his religious life and his death. By the author of “Dr. Hookwell,” etc. [Robert Armitage]., p.478
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If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still ✨ Samuel Johnson, Robert ARMITAGE (1850). Doctor Johnson: his religious life and his death. By the author of “Dr. Hookwell,” etc. [Robert Armitage]., p.478

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