Dr Johnson


WHEN Dr. Johnson courted Mrs. Potter, whom he afterwards married, he

told her that he was of mean extraction; that he had no money; and that

he had had an uncle hanged! The lady, by way of reducing herself to an

equality with the Doctor, replied, that she had no more money than

himself; and that, though she had not had a relation hanged, she had

fifty who deserved hanging.



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