...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. * My noble friend Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton, with a happy pleasantry and some truth,...

...attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELI. : " I understand he was reserved, and might ap]>ear dull in company; but surely he was not dull in poetry."..."Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him "a dull fellow." BOSWELL: " with the proposal. As to the terms, it was left entirely to the Doctor to name lus own ; he m poetrv." JOHNSON : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull...

...day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, arid that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...in company; but surely he was not dull in poetry." JOHN SON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new...

...day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...Dr. Johnson's attack upon Gray was undoubtedly calculated to give great offence to Wai pole: — " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull...people think him great : he was a mechanical poet." — E. 3 This was the " Letter from Mr. Burke to a Member of the National Assembly." — E. 3 " W'e...

...give great offence to Walpole : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where : he was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great: he was a mechanical poet." —E. rable, just, and new.' Voltaire he passes almost contemptuously. I wish he had dissected Mirabeau...

...give great offence to Walpole : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every whore : he was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great : he was a mechanical poetI'' b This was the " Letter from Mr. Burke to a member of the National Assembly."— Erable, just,...