In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. ✨ In James Boswell 'T…

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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 407 (1775)
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