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He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.

Source: Referring to the poet Thomas Gray. Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol. II
-- 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.

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