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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... man who has lived ten years in India , has given up ten years of social comfort , and all those advantages which arise from living in England . The ingenious Mr. Brown , distin- guished by the name of Capability Brown , told me LIFE . 9.
... man who has lived ten years in India , has given up ten years of social comfort , and all those advantages which arise from living in England . The ingenious Mr. Brown , distin- guished by the name of Capability Brown , told me LIFE . 9.
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... given to him . To some men it is given on condition of not taking liberties which other men may take without much harm , One may drink wine , and be nothing the worse for it ; on another , wine may have effects 12 TABLE TALK :
... given to him . To some men it is given on condition of not taking liberties which other men may take without much harm , One may drink wine , and be nothing the worse for it ; on another , wine may have effects 12 TABLE TALK :
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... given us by philosophers , to console ourselves , when dis- tressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than ourselves ; but this , he observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have ...
... given us by philosophers , to console ourselves , when dis- tressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than ourselves ; but this , he observed , could not apply to all , for there must be some who have ...
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... given to us . But if our only state of existence were in this world , then we might with some reason com- plain that we are so dissatisfied with our enjoy- ments compared with our desires . " - J . " The lady confounds annihilation ...
... given to us . But if our only state of existence were in this world , then we might with some reason com- plain that we are so dissatisfied with our enjoy- ments compared with our desires . " - J . " The lady confounds annihilation ...
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... given both his hands and both his legs to have lived . The better a man is , the more afraid is he of death , having a clearer view of infinite purity . " He owned , that our being in an unhappy uncertainty as to our salvation , was ...
... given both his hands and both his legs to have lived . The better a man is , the more afraid is he of death , having a clearer view of infinite purity . " He owned , that our being in an unhappy uncertainty as to our salvation , was ...
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admiration afraid allow ancient appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Bishop blank verse Burke Cawston character Christian Church Church of England Church of Scotland Cibber clergyman consider conversation death Divinity eminent English expressed fear Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness History of China hope human Hume humour imagination infidel John Johnson observed language learning literary lived Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Camden Madam maintained mankind manner ment merit mind miracles nature neral never objections occasion once opinion passion perhaps philosophers pleased poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise punishment racter religion Scotland Scripture sermons Shakspeare shew Shiels Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir said Johnson style suppose sure talked tell Theocritus thing Thirty-nine Articles thought tion told translation true truth uneasy verse Virgil wish wonder write written wrote