| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4042 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) |
| QUOTATION: | Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an access of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Life of Johnson (Boswell). 1 Vol. ii. Chap. ix. 1763. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1.
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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