I will be conquered; I will not capitulate. ✨ Talking of his illness, …

Samuel Johnson
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate. ✨ Talking of his illness, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 374 (November 1784)
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate. ✨ Talking of his illness, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 374 (November 1784)

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