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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-I told him that I had been at Sir John Fielding's office , complaining of my
landlord , and had been informed , that though I had taken my lodgings for a year
, I might , upon proof of his bad behaviour , quit them when I pleased , without
being ...
-I told him that I had been at Sir John Fielding's office , complaining of my
landlord , and had been informed , that though I had taken my lodgings for a year
, I might , upon proof of his bad behaviour , quit them when I pleased , without
being ...
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... went to the bed side , and found that he was dead . About two days after his
death , the following account was communicated to Mr. Malone , in a letter by the
Hon . John Byng : “ I have had a long conversation with Cawston , D 2 DEATH .
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... went to the bed side , and found that he was dead . About two days after his
death , the following account was communicated to Mr. Malone , in a letter by the
Hon . John Byng : “ I have had a long conversation with Cawston , D 2 DEATH .
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The Wealth of Nations , which was just published , and that Sir John Pringle had
observed to him , that Dr. Smith , who had never been in trade , could not be
expected to write well on that subject any more than a lawyer upon physick .
Johnson ...
The Wealth of Nations , which was just published , and that Sir John Pringle had
observed to him , that Dr. Smith , who had never been in trade , could not be
expected to write well on that subject any more than a lawyer upon physick .
Johnson ...
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The casual mention of biography led to the mention of Dr. John Campbell , who
had written a considerable part of the · Biographia Britannica . ' Johnson , though
he valued him highly , was of opinion that there was not so much in bis great ...
The casual mention of biography led to the mention of Dr. John Campbell , who
had written a considerable part of the · Biographia Britannica . ' Johnson , though
he valued him highly , was of opinion that there was not so much in bis great ...
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Johnson praised John Bunyan highly . “ His • Pilgrim's Progress ' has great merit ,
both for invention , imagination , and the conduct of the story ; and it has had the
best evidence of its merit , the general and continued approbation of mankind .
Johnson praised John Bunyan highly . “ His • Pilgrim's Progress ' has great merit ,
both for invention , imagination , and the conduct of the story ; and it has had the
best evidence of its merit , the general and continued approbation of mankind .
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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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