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462 Letters of Dr. Johnson.
We had much serious Talk together during the few days that he staid with me: for which I ought to be the better as long as I live x . He took a most affecting Leave of me, still saying that he would come again soon.
I am, dear sir, with the most perfect Esteem, Your affectionate
and obedient Servant,
W. ADAMS.
To Dr. Scott at Doctors Commons.
1 He used the same words in a letter to Boswell written a few days later. Life, iv. 376.
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