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WHEN Boswell was first introduced to Dr. Johnson, he apologized to him
for being a Scotchman. I find, said he, that I am come to London at a
bad time, when great popular prejudice has gone forth against us North
Britons; but when I am talking to you, I am talking to a large and
liberal mind, and you know that I cannot help coming from
Scotland.--Sir, replied the doctor, archly, no more can the rest
of your countrymen.
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