...practice or principles, and he summarily disposed of it after his manner. " Sir, he was a dull fellow, — dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere...new way, and that made many people think him great." Now the poet, in his own line, was .great, and to his intimates was, and deserved to be, pre-eminently...

...Johnson to Boswell, on the latter demurring to the epithet ••dull " as applied to such a poet, " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull...everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made people think him great. He was a mechanical poet."— ED. 240 Thomas Gray — David Garrick. day Society,...

...one of the great floctor's antipathies. ' He attacked Gray, calling him "a dull fellow." BOSWELL : " I understand he was reserved and might appear dull...He was dull in a new way, and that made many people call him great. " ' * Nor did Sterne fare much better. 'It having been observed that there was Tittle...

...one of the great Doctor's antipathies. ' He attacked Gray, calling him "a dull fellow." BOSWEI.L : " I understand he was reserved and might appear dull...JOHNSON : " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his eloset, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people call him great. " ' *...

...one of the great Doctor's antipathies. ' He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL : " I understand he was reserved and might appear dull...surely he was not dull in poetry ? " JOHNSON : " Sir, lit' was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made...

...him ' a dull fellow.' BOSWKI.I. : ' I understand In; was reserved and might appear dull in comp.my, but surely he was not dull in poetry ? ' JOHNSON :...dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere, lie was dull in a new way, and that made many people call him great.' " Nor did Sterne fare much better....

...day I ilined 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 poctry.' JOHNSON: 'Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his eloset, dull everywhere. He was dull in...

...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 Tai not dull in poetry.' JOHNSON: 'Sir, he wu dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere....

...fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand be was reserved, and might appear dull in company ; but surely h; was 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. He was a mechanical...

...of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest." He called Gray " a dull fellow." " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull...He was dull in a new way, and that made many people call him great." Talking of Sterne, he said, " Nothing odd will last long. Tristram Shandy did not...