If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my lif…

Samuel Johnson
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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 162 (19 September 1777)
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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 162 (19 September 1777)

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