Han var kjedelig på en ny måte, og det fikk mange til å tro at han var stor.
Sagt om lyrikeren Thomas Gray.
He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.
Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great. He was a mechanical poet.
Nasjonalitet: britisk
Tittel: forfatter
Levde: 1709 - 1784
Samuel Johnson regnes som den største brevskriveren i engelsk historie. Han var også kjent for sin hjelpsomhet. Johnsons hus var alltid åpent for vanskeligstilte mennesker.