That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment (1770)
    (Source)

In James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791). Attributed by Rev. Dr. Maxwell while Boswell was out of town. Johnson was "speaking of a dull tiresome fellow, whom he chanced to meet."

 
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