* Samuel Johnson (1709--1784)
"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."
Johnson famously loved the coffee-house--with its robust, heated conversations, diatribes, and banter--featuring beer's new competitor: tea...and swallowed gallons of leaf-infused aqua vitae. Thus begins the our traditional connection between coffee-houses and literary genius.
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| Samuel Johnson (1709--1784) |
Notes:
- Samuel Johnson: Short Biographical Sketch
- Get his vital details (origins, years, and education)
- How much would his government pension of 300 pounds be worth today in U.S. dollars? List your sources, please.
- Johnson's Works, Too Briefly
- What kind of writing (genres) is Johnson famous for?
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