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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Always remember this , that after a system is well settled upon positive evidence ,
a few partial objections ought not to shake it . The human mind is so limited that it
cannot take in all the parts of a subject , so that there may be objections raised ...
Always remember this , that after a system is well settled upon positive evidence ,
a few partial objections ought not to shake it . The human mind is so limited that it
cannot take in all the parts of a subject , so that there may be objections raised ...
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Then , Sir , when we take the proofs derived from prophecies which have been so
exactly fulfilled , we have most satisfactory evidence . Supposing a miracle
possible , as to which , in my opinion , there can be no doubt , we have as strong
...
Then , Sir , when we take the proofs derived from prophecies which have been so
exactly fulfilled , we have most satisfactory evidence . Supposing a miracle
possible , as to which , in my opinion , there can be no doubt , we have as strong
...
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Again : “ As to the Christian religion , besides the strong evidence which we have
for it , there is a balance in its favour from the number of great men who have
been convinced of its truth , after a serious consideration of the question . Grotius
...
Again : “ As to the Christian religion , besides the strong evidence which we have
for it , there is a balance in its favour from the number of great men who have
been convinced of its truth , after a serious consideration of the question . Grotius
...
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They add often physical certainty to historical evidence ; and often supply the
only evidence of ancient migrations , and of the revolutions of ages which left no
written monuinents behind them . « Every man's opinions ( continued he ) , at
least ...
They add often physical certainty to historical evidence ; and often supply the
only evidence of ancient migrations , and of the revolutions of ages which left no
written monuinents behind them . « Every man's opinions ( continued he ) , at
least ...
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... by David Malloch , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear
evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a literary character by the name of
Malloch ; his changing which to one of softer sound had given Johnson occasion
...
... by David Malloch , which he thought would please Johnson , as affording clear
evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a literary character by the name of
Malloch ; his changing which to one of softer sound had given Johnson occasion
...
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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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