For many years, this author lived with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thrale.
For many years, this author lived with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thrale. This author of The False Alarm coined the term "metaphysical poetry" in his Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. He attacked rebellious American colonists in Taxation no Tyranny, and wrote the essays collected in The Idler and The Rambler. Another work describes how he refuted Bishop Berkeley's idealism by kicking a stone. For 10 points, name this eighteenth century British author whose life was chronicled by James Boswell and who compiled a dictionary of the English language.
For many years, this author lived with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thrale.
Samuel Johnson