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He [Samuel Johnson] said, Mr. [John] Wesley's conversation is good; he talks well on any subject; I could converse with him all night. But Dr. Johnson would certainly not have expressed himself in this strong language of approbation, had Mr. Wesley been that dark, saturnine creature, represented by Archbishop [Thomas] Herring.

At the risk of sounding stupid, how does it work?

If you are a victim of Road Rage, this normally means you may have inadvertently cut someone up on the road, or he may perceive that you have cut him up.