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Samuel Johnson (1649–1703) was an English clergyman and political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the author and lexicographer of the same name. He is one of the best known pamphlet writers who developed Whig resistance theory. Life From a humble background, Samuel Johnson was educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and took orders. He attacked James, Duke of York in Julian the Apostate (1682). Johnson was illegally deprived of his orders, flogged, and imprisoned. He continued, however, his attacks on the Government by pamphlets, and did much to influence the public mind in favour of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Dryden gave him a place in Absalom and Achitophel as "Benjochanan". After the Revolution he was restored to his orders and received a pension, but considered himself insufficiently rewarded by a deanery, which he declined. He was married for many years and suffered from many illnesses.

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Notable quotes

“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
— The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 December 1750). See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
“The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.”
— No. 148 (17 August 1751)
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Vol. I, p. 137
“Sir, you have but two topicks, yourself and me. I am sick of both.”
— (May 1776) p. 313
“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”
— In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. (13 June 1784) p. 542
“Brief biography at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page”
— Topical guide to over 1,800 quotations by Johnson

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Samuel Johnson (1649–1703) was an English clergyman and political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the author and lexicographer of the same name. He is one of the best known pamphlet writers who developed Whig resistance theory.

Overview

Samuel Johnson (1649–1703) was an English clergyman and political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the author and lexicographer of the same name. He is one of the best known pamphlet writers who developed Whig resistance theory. Life From a humble background, Samuel Johnson was educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and took orders. He attacked James, Duke of York in Julian the Apostate (1682). Johnson was illegally deprived of his orders, flogged, and imprisoned. He continued, however, his attacks on the Government by pamphlets, and did much to influence the public mind in favour of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Dryden gave him a place in Absalom and Achitophel as "Benjochanan". After the Revolution he was restored to his orders and received a pension, but considered himself insufficiently rewarded by a deanery, which he declined. He was married for many years and suffered from many illnesses.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
— The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 December 1750). See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
“The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.”
— No. 148 (17 August 1751)
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Vol. I, p. 137
“Sir, you have but two topicks, yourself and me. I am sick of both.”
— (May 1776) p. 313
“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”
— In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. (13 June 1784) p. 542
“Brief biography at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page”
— Topical guide to over 1,800 quotations by Johnson

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Samuel Johnson: English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784) · Nigerian historian · Australian actor · clergyman (1822-1882)

Samuel Johnson across IJR

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