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JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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``Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.' ' These words were spoken by Samuel Johnson, who was one of the wittiest writers of the 1700s.

Johnson was born in Staffordshire, England. His father was a bookseller, and Johnson received much of his early education from reading his father's books. He attended Oxford University for three years and ran a boys school for a short time.

Johnson later moved to London, where he became well known for his writing and for his witty comments on people, literature, and life in general. He is remembered for ...

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