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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Johnson mentioned a thing as not unfrequent , namely , the being called , that is ,
hearing one's namne pronounced by the voice of a known person at a great
distance , far beyond the possibility of being reached by any sound uttered by ...
Johnson mentioned a thing as not unfrequent , namely , the being called , that is ,
hearing one's namne pronounced by the voice of a known person at a great
distance , far beyond the possibility of being reached by any sound uttered by ...
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Those only who believed in revelation have been angry at having their faith
called in question , because they only had something upon which they could rest
as matter of fact . ” Mr. MURRAY . “ It seems to me that we are not angry at a man
for ...
Those only who believed in revelation have been angry at having their faith
called in question , because they only had something upon which they could rest
as matter of fact . ” Mr. MURRAY . “ It seems to me that we are not angry at a man
for ...
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Mr. Boswell one day told him he had been that morning at a meeting of the
people called Quakers , where he had heard a woman preach , Johnson
observed , “ Sir , a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs .
It is not done ...
Mr. Boswell one day told him he had been that morning at a meeting of the
people called Quakers , where he had heard a woman preach , Johnson
observed , “ Sir , a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs .
It is not done ...
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Mr. Boswell said , “ But , Sir , is there not a quality called taste , which consists
merely in perception or in liking ? For instance , we find people differ much as to
what is the best style of English composition . Some think Swift's the best ; others
...
Mr. Boswell said , “ But , Sir , is there not a quality called taste , which consists
merely in perception or in liking ? For instance , we find people differ much as to
what is the best style of English composition . Some think Swift's the best ; others
...
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Swinney's information was no more than this , " That at Will's coffee - house
Dryden had a particular chair for himself , which was set by the fire in winter , and
was then called his winter - chair ; and that it was carried out for him to the
balcony in ...
Swinney's information was no more than this , " That at Will's coffee - house
Dryden had a particular chair for himself , which was set by the fire in winter , and
was then called his winter - chair ; and that it was carried out for him to the
balcony in ...
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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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