I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the alleg…

Samuel Johnson
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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. ✨ Quoted in Mrs Piozzi Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786).
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