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this guy was awesome. fluent in latin & greek. translated virgil, ovid, etc. wrote poetry. had undiagnosed Tourettes - broke into random outbursts. slam-dunked on yappers on the daily. corresponded with alexander pope.
— May 26, 2026 08:12AM
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May 26, 2026 08:40AM
Hahaha that's awesome. Is Boswell just always gushing over him though?
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he definitely defends him a lot, but he also points out when he thought Johnson had bad takes -- like when Johnson sympathized with the Stuarts, and Boswell is like "this was unfortunate" -- but I think it was based by the Doc
