 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I underftand he was referved, and might appear dull in company ; but furely he was not dull in poetry." JoHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his clofet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was... | |
 | 1857 - 610 pages
...such a poet, Johnson retorted : ' 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.' On another occasion he called Gray ' a barren rascal.' Yet surely the author of the ' Elegy ' and the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...Johnson at Mr. Thrale'e. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." l>os\\ ii,r. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company...in poetry." JOHNSON. "Sir, he was dull in company, doll in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think Kim... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...fellow." BOSWEI.L. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company ; but surely lie was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. "Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his elnsetv dull every where. He was dull iu a new way, and that made main people think him GREAT. He was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pages
...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...was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull ia company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 pages
...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...new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. 1 My noble friend Lord Pembroke said once to me at Wilton, with a happy pleasantry and some truth,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 430 pages
...with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." Bos WELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 432 pages
...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...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him "a dull fellow." BOSWELL: " I understand posal. 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 pages
...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...closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, arid that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical 1 My noble friend Lord Pembroke said... | |
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I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company ; but surely he was not dull in poetry." JOHNSON : " 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.... 
