Samuel Johnson [ Art and Literature ]
… opening gambit: ‘He would begin thus: ‘Why, Sir, as to the good or evil of card-playing‘ – ‘and then David Garrick’s parenthetical comment: ‘Now, (said Garrick,) he is thinking which side he shall take.‘‘ ‘In fact, Boswell goes on, The truth [...] is, that he loved to … known is The Literary Club, of which he was co-founder with Joshua Reynolds in 1764. It included among its members David Garrick, Edmund Burke, Joseph Banks, Oliver Goldsmith, Edward Gibbon and James Boswell. It met weekly, first of all at …
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