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Johnson seldom encouraged general censure of any profession ; but he was willing to allow a due share of merit to the various departments necessary in civilised life. In a splenetick, sarcastical, or jocular frame, however, he would sometimes utter a pointed saying of that nature. One instance has been mentioned , where he gave a sudden satirical stroke to the character of an attorney.
Burnet speaks of him as 'Willis, the great physician. History of his Own Time, ed. 1818, i. 254. See Wood's Athenae, iii. 1048. See ante, ii. 409 and iii. 242, where he said: 'Had I learnt to fiddle, I should have done nothing else. Ante, p. 277. Ante, p. 181. Mr. Langton thinks this must have been the hasty expression of a splenetick moment, as he has heard Dr. Johnson speak of Mr.
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