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He (Dr Brocklesby) mentioned a respectable gentleman who became extremely penurious near the close of his life. Johnson said,
"There must have been a degree of madness about him." "Not at all, Sir, (said Dr. B) his judgement was entire. Unluckily, however, he mentioned that although he had a fortune of £27 000, he denied himself many comforts from an apprehension he could not afford them."
taken from:
Boswell’s Johnson page 465
date:
1783
