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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... to be the prime motive of action . " At another time he made this excellent observ- ation : " Life , to be worthy of a rational being , must be always in progression ; we must always 1 propose to do more or better than in time LIFE . 11.
... to be the prime motive of action . " At another time he made this excellent observ- ation : " Life , to be worthy of a rational being , must be always in progression ; we must always 1 propose to do more or better than in time LIFE . 11.
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... excellent distinction between liberty of conscience and liberty of teaching * . Johnson said , " Consider , Sir ; if you have children whom you wish to educate in the principles of the church of Eng- land , and there comes a Quaker who ...
... excellent distinction between liberty of conscience and liberty of teaching * . Johnson said , " Consider , Sir ; if you have children whom you wish to educate in the principles of the church of Eng- land , and there comes a Quaker who ...
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... excellent theory ; and if the practice were according to it , the Church of England would be admirable indeed . However , as Dr. Johnson once observed as to the Univer- sities , bad practice does not infer that the consti- tution is bad ...
... excellent theory ; and if the practice were according to it , the Church of England would be admirable indeed . However , as Dr. Johnson once observed as to the Univer- sities , bad practice does not infer that the consti- tution is bad ...
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... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given a fine portrait of a ...
... excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has given a fine portrait of a ...
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... excellent volume which he has given to the public ; but how they were delivered can be known only to those who heard them ; for as he appeared in the pulpit , words will not easily describe him . His delivery , though unconstrained ...
... excellent volume which he has given to the public ; but how they were delivered can be known only to those who heard them ; for as he appeared in the pulpit , words will not easily describe him . His delivery , though unconstrained ...
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