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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... and other company , ex- pressed a horror at the thoughts of death . Mrs. Knowles , the Quaker , who was of the party , said , " Nay , thou should'st not have a horror for what is the gate of life . " - Johnson DEATH . 15 24 Death,
... and other company , ex- pressed a horror at the thoughts of death . Mrs. Knowles , the Quaker , who was of the party , said , " Nay , thou should'st not have a horror for what is the gate of life . " - Johnson DEATH . 15 24 Death,
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... Quaker without knowing it . A Quaker having objected to the " observance of days , and months , and years , " Johnson an- swered , " The Church does not superstitiously observe days , merely as days , but as memorials of important facts ...
... Quaker without knowing it . A Quaker having objected to the " observance of days , and months , and years , " Johnson an- swered , " The Church does not superstitiously observe days , merely as days , but as memorials of important facts ...
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... Quaker who tries to per- vert them to his principles , you would drive away the Quaker . You would not trust to the * Ante , vol . i . p . 207 . predomination of right , which you believe is in your 42 TABLE TALK :
... Quaker who tries to per- vert them to his principles , you would drive away the Quaker . You would not trust to the * Ante , vol . i . p . 207 . predomination of right , which you believe is in your 42 TABLE TALK :
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... Quakers , where he had heard a woman preach . Johnsón observed , " Sir , a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs . It is not done well ; but you are surprized to find it done at all . " " After we came out of the ...
... Quakers , where he had heard a woman preach . Johnsón observed , " Sir , a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs . It is not done well ; but you are surprized to find it done at all . " " After we came out of the ...
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