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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... fact we find that people die easy . " - J . " Why , Sir , most people have not thought much of the matter , so cannot say much , and it is sup- posed they die easy . Few believe it certain they are then to die ; and those who do , set ...
... fact we find that people die easy . " - J . " Why , Sir , most people have not thought much of the matter , so cannot say much , and it is sup- posed they die easy . Few believe it certain they are then to die ; and those who do , set ...
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... fact which I had no apprehension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact with all its circumstances should afterwards be un- questionably proved , I should , in that case , be persuaded that I had supernatural intelligence ...
... fact which I had no apprehension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact with all its circumstances should afterwards be un- questionably proved , I should , in that case , be persuaded that I had supernatural intelligence ...
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... 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 . Christmas might be kept as well upon 40 TABLE TALK :
... 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 . Christmas might be kept as well upon 40 TABLE TALK :
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... facts . Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another ; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour , because there is danger that what may be done on any day will be ne- glected ...
... facts . Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another ; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour , because there is danger that what may be done on any day will be ne- glected ...
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... fact . " Mr. MUR- RAY . " It seems to me that we are not angry at a man for controverting an opinion which we be- lieve and value ; we rather pity him . " - JOHNSON . " Why , Sir ; to be sure when you wish a man to have that belief ...
... fact . " Mr. MUR- RAY . " It seems to me that we are not angry at a man for controverting an opinion which we be- lieve and value ; we rather pity him . " - JOHNSON . " Why , Sir ; to be sure when you wish a man to have that belief ...
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