It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger w…

Samuel Johnson
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It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1810). The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, p.264
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