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English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
Source: WordNetDuring the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. Fred Allen
That fabulous polymath Samuel Johnson maintained that no man in his right mind ever read a book through from beginning to end. Daniel Bell
Lockhart's Life of Walter Scott may be said to be the most admirable biography in the English language, after Boswell's Samuel Johnson. John Gibson Lockhart
Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man he was certainly a drumbling one. Edward Dahlberg
The Samuel Johnson web site suggests this entry is dated 16 April, but it appears to be part of the previous entry. Samuel Johnson
At about this time, Burke joined the circle of leading intellectuals and artists in London of whom Samuel Johnson was the central luminary. Source: Internet