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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... little misery and as much happiness as possible . " - Yet he said it was not necessary to mention such trifles as that meat was too much or too little done , or that the wea- VOL . II . B It ther was fair or rainy . He said , that Life, ·
... little misery and as much happiness as possible . " - Yet he said it was not necessary to mention such trifles as that meat was too much or too little done , or that the wea- VOL . II . B It ther was fair or rainy . He said , that Life, ·
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... happiness in nil admirari ; for that he " thought ́ admiration one of the most agreeable of all our feelings , and regretted that he had lost much of his disposition to admire , which people generally do as they advance in life.-J ...
... happiness in nil admirari ; for that he " thought ́ admiration one of the most agreeable of all our feelings , and regretted that he had lost much of his disposition to admire , which people generally do as they advance in life.-J ...
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... happiness ; grand houses were built , fine gardens were made , splendid places of pub- lic amusement were contrived , and crowded with company . " Alas , Sir ( said Johnson ) , these are only struggles for happiness . When I first en ...
... happiness ; grand houses were built , fine gardens were made , splendid places of pub- lic amusement were contrived , and crowded with company . " Alas , Sir ( said Johnson ) , these are only struggles for happiness . When I first en ...
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... happiness , such as life admits , may be had at other places as well as at London . Without asserting stoicism , it may be said , that it is our business to exempt ourselves as much as we can from the power of external things . There is ...
... happiness , such as life admits , may be had at other places as well as at London . Without asserting stoicism , it may be said , that it is our business to exempt ourselves as much as we can from the power of external things . There is ...
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... Happiness con- sists in the multiplicity of agreeable conscious- A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher . " This very question was once happily illustrated in opposi- tion to Hume by the Reverend Mr ...
... Happiness con- sists in the multiplicity of agreeable conscious- A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher . " This very question was once happily illustrated in opposi- tion to Hume by the Reverend Mr ...
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