I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits ✨ Samue…

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I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits ✨ Samuel Johnson, Robert ARMITAGE (1850). Doctor Johnson: his religious life and his death. By the author of “Dr. Hookwell,” etc. [Robert Armitage]., p.459
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I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits ✨ Samuel Johnson, Robert ARMITAGE (1850). Doctor Johnson: his religious life and his death. By the author of “Dr. Hookwell,” etc. [Robert Armitage]., p.459

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