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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Sir ( said Johnson ) , this is only a disordered imagination taking a different turn . "
To Mrs. Williams , a little before her death , he said , “ Oh ! my friend , the
approach of death is I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid . It is
in vain ...
Sir ( said Johnson ) , this is only a disordered imagination taking a different turn . "
To Mrs. Williams , a little before her death , he said , “ Oh ! my friend , the
approach of death is I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid . It is
in vain ...
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The subject at another time turning on the belief in ghosts , Johnson said , “ Sir , I
make a distinction between what a man may experience by the mere strength of
his imagination , and what imagination cannot possibly produce .
The subject at another time turning on the belief in ghosts , Johnson said , “ Sir , I
make a distinction between what a man may experience by the mere strength of
his imagination , and what imagination cannot possibly produce .
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Berkeley , he said , was a profound scholar , as well as a man of fine imagination
; but Usher was the great luminary of the Irish Church ; and à greater , he added ,
no church could boast of ; at least in modern times . Bayle's Dictionary , he ...
Berkeley , he said , was a profound scholar , as well as a man of fine imagination
; but Usher was the great luminary of the Irish Church ; and à greater , he added ,
no church could boast of ; at least in modern times . Bayle's Dictionary , he ...
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Is there not imagination in them , Sir ? ” — JohnSON . “ Why , Sir , there is in them
what was imagination , but it is no more imagination in him , than sound is sound
in the echo ; and his diction too is not his own . We have long ago seen white ...
Is there not imagination in them , Sir ? ” — JohnSON . “ Why , Sir , there is in them
what was imagination , but it is no more imagination in him , than sound is sound
in the echo ; and his diction too is not his own . We have long ago seen white ...
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His • Pilgrim's Progress ' has great merit , both for invention , imagination , and
the conduct of the story ; and it has had the best evidence of its merit , the general
and continued approbation of mankind . Few books , I believe , have had a more
...
His • Pilgrim's Progress ' has great merit , both for invention , imagination , and
the conduct of the story ; and it has had the best evidence of its merit , the general
and continued approbation of mankind . Few books , I believe , have had a more
...
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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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