Show Eccentricities of or Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnsons Johnson's gestures grim grimaces aces and actions sometimes divert diven diverted ed and often terrified to t people who did not know him At a dinner the famous author would absent minded absentmindedly ly Iy stoop down do under the table and pull off a ladys lady's shoe Sometimes he would amaze a drawing room by suddenly ejaculating a phrase of ot the Lords Lord's Prayer He would con conceive the Idea of ot touching every post In the streets through which he walked The sight of ot food affected him as it would a wild beast Often he gorged himself with such violence on some favorite delicacy that his veins would swell and moisture break out on his forehead |