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Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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