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Letter "D" » Dr Johnson
«Indeed, the freedom with which Dr Johnson condemns whatever he disapproves is astonishing.»
«BRANDY, n. A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the- grave and four parts clarified Satan. Dose, a headful all the time. Brandy is said by Dr. Johnson to be the drink of heroes. Only a hero will venture to drink it.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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ambitious, beg, Beg to, combustible, dictionary, Dr., Dr. Johnson, Dr, Dr Johnson, enlightened, famous, illuminate, inferior, Johnson, last name, last resort, resort, respect to, rubbish, scoundrel, submit, The Last Resort, torch, With all due respect
«Dr Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
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article, beefsteak, Dr., Dr. Johnson, Dr, Dr Johnson, Johnson
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