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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) was an English poet, critic, and lexicographer who compiled the first major English dictionary. His poem "The Vanity of Human Wishes" and his…

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"CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through"

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