4085. Samuel Johnson. 1709-1784. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	4085
AUTHOR:	Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
QUOTATION:	He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Life of Johnson (Boswell). 2 Vol. viii. Chap. v. 1784.

Note 1.
See Shakespeare, King Henry IV. Part II, Quotation 3. [back]

Note 2.
From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835.

Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back]

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