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JOHNSON. 'I have been reading Thicknesse's Travels, which I think are entertaining. BOSWELL. 'What, Sir, a good book? JOHNSON. 'Yes, Sir, to read once; I do not say you are to make a study of it, and digest it; and I believe it to be a true book in his intention.
But for books written for the double purpose of downing the subject and elevating the author, Philip Thicknesse's "Life of Gainsborough" must stand first. The book is so bad that it is interesting, and so stupid that it will never die.
JOHNSON. 'I have been reading Thicknesse's Travels, which I think are entertaining. BOSWELL. 'What, Sir, a good book? JOHNSON. 'Yes, Sir, to read once; I do not say you are to make a study of it, and digest it; and I believe it to be a true book in his intention.
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