I will be conquered; I will not capitulate. — Samuel Johnson · Skopia

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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell · 1784

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On his illness.

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1784 Age of Enlightenment

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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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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1776," aetat. 46.

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