No sooner had this man thrust his way through the throng and taken a look at the unknown personage, than he whispered to one of his acquaintances,-- "I say, Neighbor Hutchins, would ye like to know who this old gentleman is ?" "Ay, that I would," replied Neighbor Hutchins, "for a queerer chap I never saw in my life.

Somehow it makes me feel small to look at him.
He's more than a common man." "You may well say so," answered the cattle-drover.

"Why, that's the famous Doctor Samuel Johnson, who they say is the greatest and learnedest man in England.

I saw him in London streets, walking with one Mr.Boswell." Yes; the poor boy, the friendless Sam, with whom we began our story, had become the famous Doctor Samuel Johnson.

He was universally acknowledged as the wisest man and greatest writer in all England.