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 said , he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him . He
added , that it had been observed , that scarcely any man dies in public but with
apparent resolution , from that desire of praise which never quits us . " It was
observed ...
He said , he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him . He
added , that it had been observed , that scarcely any man dies in public but with
apparent resolution , from that desire of praise which never quits us . " It was
observed ...
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The General said , that “ a great part of the fashionable infidelity was owing to a
desire of shewing courage . Men who have no opportunity of shewing it as to
things in this life , take death and futurity as objects on which to display it . " - J . "
That ...
The General said , that “ a great part of the fashionable infidelity was owing to a
desire of shewing courage . Men who have no opportunity of shewing it as to
things in this life , take death and futurity as objects on which to display it . " - J . "
That ...
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Every man's opinions ( continued he ) , at least his desires , are a little influenced
by his favourite studies . My zeal for languages may seem , perhaps , rather over
- heated , even to those by whom I desire to be well - esteemed . To those who ...
Every man's opinions ( continued he ) , at least his desires , are a little influenced
by his favourite studies . My zeal for languages may seem , perhaps , rather over
- heated , even to those by whom I desire to be well - esteemed . To those who ...
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Knowledge always desires increase ; it is like fire , which must first be kindled by
some external agent , but which will afterwards propagate itself . When they once
desire to learn , they will naturally have recourse to the nearest language by ...
Knowledge always desires increase ; it is like fire , which must first be kindled by
some external agent , but which will afterwards propagate itself . When they once
desire to learn , they will naturally have recourse to the nearest language by ...
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pressed a desire to be acquainted with a lady who had been much talked of , and
universally celebrated for extraordinary address and insinu . ation . Johnson said
, “ Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people . Depend ...
pressed a desire to be acquainted with a lady who had been much talked of , and
universally celebrated for extraordinary address and insinu . ation . Johnson said
, “ Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people . Depend ...
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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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