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, Volumen2 |
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He praised Goldsmith's ' Good Natured Man ; ' said it was the best comedy that
had appeared since the Provoked Husband , ' and that there had not been of late
any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . Mr. B. observed ...
He praised Goldsmith's ' Good Natured Man ; ' said it was the best comedy that
had appeared since the Provoked Husband , ' and that there had not been of late
any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . Mr. B. observed ...
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At another time , Goldsmith being mentioned , It is amazing ( said Johnson ) how
little Goldsmith knows . He seldom comes where he is not more ignorant than any
one else . " - SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . 6 Yet there is no man whose company ...
At another time , Goldsmith being mentioned , It is amazing ( said Johnson ) how
little Goldsmith knows . He seldom comes where he is not more ignorant than any
one else . " - SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . 6 Yet there is no man whose company ...
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Goldsmith has done this in his History . Now Robertson ... Goldsmith tells you
shortly all you want to know ... No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a
second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again . I would
say ...
Goldsmith has done this in his History . Now Robertson ... Goldsmith tells you
shortly all you want to know ... No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a
second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again . I would
say ...
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Goldsmith ( he said ) referred every thing to vanity ; his virtues and his vices too
were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never exchanged mind with
you . " Goldsmith had long a visionary project , that some time or other , when his
...
Goldsmith ( he said ) referred every thing to vanity ; his virtues and his vices too
were from that motive . He was not a social man . He never exchanged mind with
you . " Goldsmith had long a visionary project , that some time or other , when his
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GOLDSMITH . “ No , Sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . ” ---
Johnson . “ Nay , Sir , if he lied it is a different thing . " - Colman slily said ( but it is
believed Dr. Johnson did not hear him ) , “ Then the proper expression should ...
GOLDSMITH . “ No , Sir , I did not . Perhaps he might not mean what he said . ” ---
Johnson . “ Nay , Sir , if he lied it is a different thing . " - Colman slily said ( but it is
believed Dr. Johnson did not hear him ) , “ Then the proper expression should ...
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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 Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volumen2 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | J. Mawman, 1807 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 20 Abr. 2017 |
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