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• Sherry [Thomas Sheridan] 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." -- Samuel Johnso...
• Sherry [Thomas Sheridan] 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. -- Samuel Johnso...
• He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT.
  -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), on Thomas Grey...
• He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others. -- Samuel Johnso
• He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." Samuel Johnso
• What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
  -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)...