Famous Quotes | As we walked along the Strand...

As we walked along the Strand to-night, arm in arm, a woman of the town accosted us, in the usual enticing manner. “No, no, my girl, (said Johnson) it won’t do.” - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. (Originally published 1791). Boswell’s Life of Johnson, July 30, 1763, p. 323, Oxford University Press (1980). Boswell and Johnson on an evening stroll.

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