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^Chambers, Robert; Patrick, David (1902). "Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature". Internet Archive. London: W&R Chambers. pp. 12, 410, 459. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
^The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler. London: Printed for W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825
Further readingedit
The Adventurer. v.1 (1752); v.2 (1753); v.3 (1753)