...Gray, one of his pet aversions. Boswell denied that Gray was dull in poetry. "Sir," replied Johnson, "he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull...everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made people think him great. He was a mechanical poet." He proceeded to say that there were only two good...

...reported to have said of Gray, — " He was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GRKAT. lie was a mechanical poet." Who docs not blush for such a critic ? SECTION IX. — TASTE. nature...

...28] I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL. "I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...28] I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him "a dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...disarray ; Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode and elegy and sonnet." "Sir," said Johnson of Gray, "he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull...everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made people think him great. He was a mechanical poet." / "Would not you, sir," inquired Boswell, "start...

...musical composition noted down in the characters by which i( 1s exhibited to the eye of the skilful. he was reserved, and might appear dull in company..."Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him 'a dull fellow.' BOSWELL. ' I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where3. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT. He was a mechanical...

...28] I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him " a dull fellow." BOSWELL. " I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull...Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GKEAT. He was a mechanical...

...not dull in poetry." JOHNSON. " Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull every where. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people...mechanical poet." He then repeated some ludicrous hues, which have escaped my memory, and said, " Is not that GREAT, like his Odes ? " Mrs. Thrale maintained...

...Walpole quoted, on Boswell's Corsica, ii. 60 ; the Remains of, published by Mason, 160; Johnson said he was dull in a new way, and that made many people think he was great, 306 ; Boswell's surprise at Johnson's inability to appreciate his poetry, 307, iii. 80...