He argued that the line from Hamlet about "whips and scorns of time" should read "quips and scorns of title."
According to an essay by this man, novels chiefly serve as conduct manuals for "the young, the ignorant, and the idle." He argued that the line from Hamlet about "whips and scorns of time" should read "quips and scorns of title." In a poem, he called his home city the "needy villain's general home." "His only play, Irene, was a decisive failure. He wrote a poem which asks the reader to "remark each anxious Toil, each eager Strife, and watch the busy scenes of crowded Life." That poem, an imitation of Juvenal's tenth satire, is "The Vanity of Human Wishes." He wrote biographies of Richard Savage and many others, published as Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. For 10 points, name this author much admired by Boswell, who wrote a famous dictionary.
According to an essay by this man, novels chiefly serve as conduct manuals for "the young, the ignorant, and the idle."
Dr. Samuel Johnson