Hodge ( fl . c.1769 ) was one of James Boswell 's cats immortalized in Samuel Johnson 's Life of Johnson '' in a characteristically bizarre passage .
Hodge ( fl . c.1769 ) was one of James Boswell 's cats , immortalised in a characteristically whimsical passage in Samuel Johnson 's , '' Life of Johnson '' .

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