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...to be; his, you answered j — 'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."' JOHNSON. "Sir, as Do(fd got it from me to pass as his own, while thai could do him any good, that waN an implied promise...

...when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.'" JOHNSOK. "Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass as his own, while that could do him anv good, that wak an implied promise that f snould not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been...

...known to be his, you answered, ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " [It is stated in Miss Reynolds's " Recollections " and in the "Gentleman's Magazine, v. 47, p. 340,...

...known to be his, you answered, " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." ' Jons SON : ' Sir, as Dodd got it from me to pass at his own, while that could do him any good, that...

...known to be his, you answered, — ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling...

...known to be his, you answered, — ' Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...pass as his own, while that could do him any good, there was an implied promise that I should not own it. To own it, therefore, would have been telling...

...felt bound not to expose him. " Why should you think so ? Depend upon it, sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." On another occasion, Johnson expressed a doubt himself as to whether Dodd had really composed a certain...

...known to be his, you answered,—'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, Sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...wonderfully.'" JOHNSON. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me'to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, that was an implied promise that I should...

...answered, — 'Why should you think so? Depend upon it, Sir, when any man knows he is to be hanged in i fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.' " JOHNSON. " Sir, as Dodd got it from me'to pass as his own, while that could do him any good, that was an implied promise that I should...