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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A man who thinks he has seen an apparition can only be convinced himself ; his
authority will not convince another ; and his conviction , if rational , must be
founded on being told something which cannot be known but by supernatural
means .
A man who thinks he has seen an apparition can only be convinced himself ; his
authority will not convince another ; and his conviction , if rational , must be
founded on being told something which cannot be known but by supernatural
means .
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... the stocks , to finish the debate there . " A gentleman once expressed a wish to
go and live three years at Otaheite or New Zealand , in order to obtain a full
acquaintance with people so totally different from all that we have ever known ,
and ...
... the stocks , to finish the debate there . " A gentleman once expressed a wish to
go and live three years at Otaheite or New Zealand , in order to obtain a full
acquaintance with people so totally different from all that we have ever known ,
and ...
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If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove , history
could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be
brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may
not be ...
If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove , history
could not be written ; for a great deal is known of men of which proof cannot be
brought . A minister may be notoriously known to take bribes , and yet you may
not be ...
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Sir ( said he ) , it is generally known , it is known to all who are acquainted with
the literary history of that period . It is as well known , as that he wrote 6 Cato . ' Mr
. Thomas Sheridan once defended Addison , by alleging , that he did it in order to
...
Sir ( said he ) , it is generally known , it is known to all who are acquainted with
the literary history of that period . It is as well known , as that he wrote 6 Cato . ' Mr
. Thomas Sheridan once defended Addison , by alleging , that he did it in order to
...
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In the year 1791 , he went to Madras with Lord Macartney , to whom he had been
known in Ireland , and there he died . ” The above account , however , we have
been assured from authority is not to be relied on . The person alluded to was not
...
In the year 1791 , he went to Madras with Lord Macartney , to whom he had been
known in Ireland , and there he died . ” The above account , however , we have
been assured from authority is not to be relied on . The person alluded to was not
...
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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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