Dr. Johnson witticism

The Unionist 1834-04-10

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Dr. Johnson having formed one at a whist party at Mrs. Thrale’s house, was asked by the lady at the close of the evening, whether he had lost any thing. “Nothing but my time,” replied the moralist.

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Hester Thrale was a good friend of Samuel Johnson; they also had a famous falling-out; after Johnson's death, Thrale published their letters. An interesting choice of anecdote here!

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Title: Dr. Johnson witticism
Description: Anecdote about Dr. Johnson
Bibliographic Citation: The Unionist 1834-04-10
Full Issue Sequence Number: 1834-04-10 p.04.61
Type: Text
Language: English
Publisher: The Unionist
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Subject: Humor; Miscellaneous Filler
Source: The Unionist 1834-04-10
Original Item: sjsu-library.github.io
Identifier: unionist--text-0361
Category: Unionist content
Issue: 36
Related People: Samuel Johnson; Hester Thrale
Related image: unionist--image-0069; unionist--image-0056