I respect Millar, sir: he has raised the price of literature. ✨ The Li…

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I respect Millar, sir: he has raised the price of literature. ✨ The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.
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No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.
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I respect Millar, sir: he has raised the price of literature. ✨ The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.

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