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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Knowledge always desires increase ; it is like fire , which must first be kindled by
some external agent , but which will ... by which that desire can be gratified ; and
one will tell another that if he would attain knowledge , he must learn English .
Knowledge always desires increase ; it is like fire , which must first be kindled by
some external agent , but which will ... by which that desire can be gratified ; and
one will tell another that if he would attain knowledge , he must learn English .
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The same gentleman maintained , that a general diffusion of knowledge among a
people was a disadvantage ; for it made the vulgar rise above their humble
sphere .-- " Sir ( said Johnson ) , while knowledge is a distinction , those who are
...
The same gentleman maintained , that a general diffusion of knowledge among a
people was a disadvantage ; for it made the vulgar rise above their humble
sphere .-- " Sir ( said Johnson ) , while knowledge is a distinction , those who are
...
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Johnson said , “ The little volumes entitled Respublicæ , ' which are very well
done , were a bookseller's work . " Of Chatterton , he said , “ This is the most
extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge . It is wonderful
how the ...
Johnson said , “ The little volumes entitled Respublicæ , ' which are very well
done , were a bookseller's work . " Of Chatterton , he said , “ This is the most
extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge . It is wonderful
how the ...
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But it must be considered , that we have now more knowledge generally diffused
; all our ladies read now , which is a great extension . Modern writers are the
moons of literature ; they shine with reflected light , with light borrowed from the ...
But it must be considered , that we have now more knowledge generally diffused
; all our ladies read now , which is a great extension . Modern writers are the
moons of literature ; they shine with reflected light , with light borrowed from the ...
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He had , indeed , been at no pairs to fill his mind with knowledge . He
transplanted it from one place to another ; and it did not settle in his mind ; so he
could not tell what was in his own books . " “ Goldsmith ( he said ) referred every
thing to ...
He had , indeed , been at no pairs to fill his mind with knowledge . He
transplanted it from one place to another ; and it did not settle in his mind ; so he
could not tell what was in his own books . " “ Goldsmith ( he said ) referred every
thing to ...
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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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