Brewer's: Stilling

(John Henry), surnamed Jung, the mystic or pietist; called by Carlyle the German Dominie Sampson; “awkward, honest, irascible, in old-fashioned clothes and bag-wig.” A real character. (1740-1817.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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