Who is Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican, and a committed Tory. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson was selected by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature".Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford until lack of funds forced him to leave. After working as a teacher, he moved to London and began writing for The Gentleman's Magazine. Early works include Life o...
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Samuel Johnson Poems

• Gnothi Seauton
  When Scaliger, whole years of labour past,
  Beheld his lexicon complete at last
  And weary of his task, with wond'ring eyes,
  Saw, from words pil'd on words, a fabric rise, ...
• Lines
  Written in Ridicule of Certain Poems
  {of Thomas Warton} Published in 1777.
  
  Wheresoe'er I turn my view, ...
• The Winter's Walk
  Behold, my fair, where'er we rove,
  What dreary prospects round us rise,
  The naked hill, the leafless grove,
  The hoary ground, the frowning skies. ...
• On Seeing A Bust Of Mrs. Montague
  Had this fair figure, which this frame displays,
  Adorn'd in Roman time the brightest days,
  In every dome, in every sacred place,
  Her statue would have breathed an added grace, ...
• Autumn
  Alas! with swift and silent pace,
  Impatient time rolls on the year;
  The Seasons change, and Nature's face
  Now sweetly smiles, now frowns severe. ...

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Samuel Johnson Quotes

• The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
• The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
• Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
• We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
• Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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Comments about Samuel Johnson

• Crimaiota: "almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble." （samuel johnson）
• Markellis15: the thames at chelsea. thomas whitcombe. 1784. in that year samuel johnson died and william pitt was in his first year as prime minister.
• Donpjenn: "the present state of things is the consequence of the former, and it is natural to inquire what were the sources of the good that we enjoy, or of the evil that we suffer." samuel johnson - the history of rasselas
• Nojesuittricks: 13. "i've just learned about his illness. let's hope it's nothing trivial.” - irvin s. cobb 14. "he is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” ~samuel johnson 15. "he is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up. ~paul keating
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