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		<title>Johnson, Samuel -- Essay (1754-03-02), The Adventurer, No. 138</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.</p>
<br><b>Samuel Johnson</b> (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic<br>Essay (1754-03-02), <i>The Adventurer</i>, No. 138 
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