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October 12, 1842
Jeffersonian Republican
Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Milford, Monroe County, Pike County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Dr. Johnson delivers a witty retort to a pedantic young man inquiring about the world's opinion of them, likening himself to a bulldog and the young man to a tin kettle tied to his tail.
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'What do you suppose the world to think of us?' inquired a pedantic young man of Dr. Johnson. 'Why, I suppose,' said the doctor, 'that they think me a bull dog, and you a tin kettle tied to my tail.'
'What do you suppose the world to think of us?' inquired a pedantic young man of Dr. Johnson. 'Why, I suppose,' said the doctor, 'that they think me a bull dog, and you a tin kettle tied to my tail.'
What sub-type of article is it?
Witty Remark
What keywords are associated?
Dr Johnson
Witty Remark
Pedantic Young Man
Bulldog
Tin Kettle
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Johnson
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Topic
Dr. Johnson's Witty Comparison Of Himself And A Pedantic Young Man
Key Persons
Dr. Johnson
Event Details
A pedantic young man asks Dr. Johnson what the world thinks of them. Dr. Johnson replies that they think him a bulldog and the young man a tin kettle tied to his tail.