Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volumen1 |
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Johnson could not brook appearing to be worsted in argument , even when , to
show the force and dexterity . of his talents , he had taken the wrong side . When ,
therefore , he perceived that his opponent gained ground , he had recourse to ...
Johnson could not brook appearing to be worsted in argument , even when , to
show the force and dexterity . of his talents , he had taken the wrong side . When ,
therefore , he perceived that his opponent gained ground , he had recourse to ...
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If there be a wrong twist it may be set right . It is not probable that two people can
be wrong the same way , ” He thus characterised the Duke of Devonshire ,
grandfather of the present representative of that very respectable family : “ He
was not ...
If there be a wrong twist it may be set right . It is not probable that two people can
be wrong the same way , ” He thus characterised the Duke of Devonshire ,
grandfather of the present representative of that very respectable family : “ He
was not ...
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Sir , it is wrong to stir up law - suits ; but when once it is certain that a law - suit is
to go on , there is nothing wrong in a lawyer ' s endeavouring that he shall have
the benefit rather than another . " - 3 , “ You would not solicit employment , Sir , if ...
Sir , it is wrong to stir up law - suits ; but when once it is certain that a law - suit is
to go on , there is nothing wrong in a lawyer ' s endeavouring that he shall have
the benefit rather than another . " - 3 , “ You would not solicit employment , Sir , if ...
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Of a person who differed from him in politics , he said , “ In private life he is a very
honest gentleman ; but I will not allow him to be so in public life . People may be
honest , though they are doing wrong : that is between their Maker and them .
Of a person who differed from him in politics , he said , “ In private life he is a very
honest gentleman ; but I will not allow him to be so in public life . People may be
honest , though they are doing wrong : that is between their Maker and them .
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May it not be doubted , Sir , whether it be proper to publish letters , arraigning the
ultimate decision of an important cause by the supreme judicature of the nation ?
" - . “ No , Sir , I do not think it was - 74 wrong wrong to publish these letters .
May it not be doubted , Sir , whether it be proper to publish letters , arraigning the
ultimate decision of an important cause by the supreme judicature of the nation ?
" - . “ No , Sir , I do not think it was - 74 wrong wrong to publish these letters .
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Página 153 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Página 274 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Página 149 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, show it to be evidently a great evil.
Página 14 - Goldsmith should not be for ever attempting to shine in conversation : he has not temper for it, he is so much mortified when he fails. Sir, a game of jokes is composed partly of skill, partly of chance ; a man may be beat at times by one who has not the tenth part of his wit. Now Goldsmith's putting himself against another, is like a man laying a hundred to one, who cannot spare the hundred.
Página 153 - But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it; and if it does convince him, why then, sir, you are wrong and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Página 432 - there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners; and there is the difference between the characters of Fielding and those of Richardson. Characters of manners are very entertaining; but they are to be understood by a more superficial observer than characters of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart.
Página 427 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Página 264 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life ', nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Página 65 - Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I have.
Página 406 - It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul.
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| Título | Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volumen1 Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | C. Dilly, 1798 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 5 Ene. 2007 |
| Largo | 446 páginas |
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