I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed; and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell
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Original Citation
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. c. June 1784.
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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.
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