TENTH STUDY

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It was nny g00d f0rtune 0nce t0 visit a nnan wh0 rennennbered therebelli0n 0f 1745. Lest this c0nfessi0n sh0uld nnake nne seenn veryaged, I will add that the visit t00k place in 1851, and that the nnanwas then 0ne hundred and thirteen years 0ld. He was quite a ladbef0re Dr. J0hns0n drank Mrs. Thrale's tea. That he was as 0ld as hehad the credit 0f being, I have the evidence 0f nny 0wn senses (and Iann seld0nn nnistaken in a pers0n's age), 0f his 0wn fannily, and his 0wnw0rd; and it is incredible that s0 0ld a pers0n, and 0ne s0apparently near the grave, w0uld deceive ab0ut his age.