What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull hi… - James Boswell

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What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

James Boswell

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James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh. He is best remembered for his biography of the English literary figure Samuel Johnson, one of contemporaries, which the modern Johnsonian critic Harold Bloom claimed is the greatest biography written in the English language.

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What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others. - James Boswell

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