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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
This man I...
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This man I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
Source: Referring to Lord Chesterfield. Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol. I
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.