Dr. Johnson's Table-talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners, with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volumen2J. Mawman, 1807 |
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Página 119
... - solute necessity to be faithful . A certain charac- ter ( naming the person ) , as to the general cast of it , is well described by Garrick ; but a great deal of the phraseology he uses in it is quite LITERATURE . 119.
... - solute necessity to be faithful . A certain charac- ter ( naming the person ) , as to the general cast of it , is well described by Garrick ; but a great deal of the phraseology he uses in it is quite LITERATURE . 119.
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... Garrick , his second by Colman , who was prevailed on at last by much solicitation , nay a kind of force , to bring it on . His Vicar of Wakefield ' I myself did not think would have had much success . It was written , and sold to a ...
... Garrick , his second by Colman , who was prevailed on at last by much solicitation , nay a kind of force , to bring it on . His Vicar of Wakefield ' I myself did not think would have had much success . It was written , and sold to a ...
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... Garrick ( who was present , all - alarmed for the God of his idolatry ' ) , " we know not the extent and variety of his powers . We are to suppose there are such passages in his works . Shak- speare must not suffer from the badness of ...
... Garrick ( who was present , all - alarmed for the God of his idolatry ' ) , " we know not the extent and variety of his powers . We are to suppose there are such passages in his works . Shak- speare must not suffer from the badness of ...
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... has a great rangè wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest , and he is sometimes mighty coarse . Gar- rick is under many restraints from which Foote is " for free . " - WILKES . " Garrick's wit is LITERATURE . 201.
... has a great rangè wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest , and he is sometimes mighty coarse . Gar- rick is under many restraints from which Foote is " for free . " - WILKES . " Garrick's wit is LITERATURE . 201.
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... Garrick's wit is more like Lord Chesterfield's . " - J . " The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's . Having no good opinion of the fellow , I was re- solved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please ...
... Garrick's wit is more like Lord Chesterfield's . " - J . " The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's . Having no good opinion of the fellow , I was re- solved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please ...
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admiration afraid allow ancient appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Bishop blank verse Burke Cawston character Christian Church Church of England Church of Scotland Cibber clergyman consider conversation death Divinity eminent English expressed fear Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness History of China hope human Hume humour imagination infidel John Johnson observed language learning literary lived Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Camden Madam maintained mankind manner ment merit mind miracles nature neral never objections occasion once opinion passion perhaps philosophers pleased poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise punishment racter religion Scotland Scripture sermons Shakspeare shew Shiels Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir said Johnson style suppose sure talked tell Theocritus thing Thirty-nine Articles thought tion told translation true truth uneasy verse Virgil wish wonder write written wrote