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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... human nature ; as an instance of which , when it was suggested to him that he
should invite his son , who had been settled ten years in foreign parts , to come
home and pay him a visit , his answer was , “ No , no , let him mind his business .
... human nature ; as an instance of which , when it was suggested to him that he
should invite his son , who had been settled ten years in foreign parts , to come
home and pay him a visit , his answer was , “ No , no , let him mind his business .
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As a proof of the justness of this reinark , we may instance what is related of the
great Lord Granville ; that after he had written his letter , giving an account of the
battle of Dettingen , he said , “ Here is a letter , expressed in terms not good ...
As a proof of the justness of this reinark , we may instance what is related of the
great Lord Granville ; that after he had written his letter , giving an account of the
battle of Dettingen , he said , “ Here is a letter , expressed in terms not good ...
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... for instance , whether it should be mentioned that Addison and Parnell drank
too freely ; for people will probably more easily indulge in drinking from knowing
this ; so that more ill may be done by the example , than good by telling the whole
...
... for instance , whether it should be mentioned that Addison and Parnell drank
too freely ; for people will probably more easily indulge in drinking from knowing
this ; so that more ill may be done by the example , than good by telling the whole
...
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For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage that a
man , who is so ex . cessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is
punished , we are terrified at the fatal consequences of such a passion . In the
same ...
For instance , ambition is a noble passion ; but by seeing upon the stage that a
man , who is so ex . cessively ambitious as to raise himself by injustice , is
punished , we are terrified at the fatal consequences of such a passion . In the
same ...
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We can ( observes Mr. · B. ) suppose the operation to be tedious and difficult ; but
in many instances we must observe crude morsels cut out of books as if at
random ; and when a large extract is made from one place , it surely may be done
with ...
We can ( observes Mr. · B. ) suppose the operation to be tedious and difficult ; but
in many instances we must observe crude morsels cut out of books as if at
random ; and when a large extract is made from one place , it surely may be done
with ...
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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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