Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a…

Samuel Johnson
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Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature. ✨ On Thomas Sheridan, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 453 (28 July 1763)
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Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature. ✨ On Thomas Sheridan, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 453 (28 July 1763)

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