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 gentleman was mentioned as being too ready to introduce religious discourse
upon all occasions . Johnson observed , “ Why yes , Sir , he will introduce
religious discourse without seeing whether it will end in instruction and
improvement ...
A gentleman was mentioned as being too ready to introduce religious discourse
upon all occasions . Johnson observed , “ Why yes , Sir , he will introduce
religious discourse without seeing whether it will end in instruction and
improvement ...
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You are to consider that Cibber was then at a great distance from Dryden ; had
perhaps one leg only in the room , and durst not draw in the other . " Mr. Boswell
said , in writing a life a man's peculiarities should be mentioned , because they ...
You are to consider that Cibber was then at a great distance from Dryden ; had
perhaps one leg only in the room , and durst not draw in the other . " Mr. Boswell
said , in writing a life a man's peculiarities should be mentioned , because they ...
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Hawkesworth's compilation of the voyages to the South Sea being mentioned ,
Johnson said , “ Sir , if you talk of it as a subject of commerce , it will be gainful ; if
as a book that is to increase human knowledge , I believe there will not be much
...
Hawkesworth's compilation of the voyages to the South Sea being mentioned ,
Johnson said , “ Sir , if you talk of it as a subject of commerce , it will be gainful ; if
as a book that is to increase human knowledge , I believe there will not be much
...
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Mr. Burke was mentioned . ' " Yes ( said Johnson ) : Burke is an extraordinary
man ; bis stream of mind is perpetual . ” — The Doctor's high estimation of the
talents of this gentleman was uniform from their early acquaintance . When Mr.
Burke ...
Mr. Burke was mentioned . ' " Yes ( said Johnson ) : Burke is an extraordinary
man ; bis stream of mind is perpetual . ” — The Doctor's high estimation of the
talents of this gentleman was uniform from their early acquaintance . When Mr.
Burke ...
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said of it , told him , that among other animadversions , it was objected that he
cited authorities which were beneath the dignity of such a work , and mentioned
Richardson . “ Nay ( said Johnson ) , I have done worse than that : I have cited
thee ...
said of it , told him , that among other animadversions , it was objected that he
cited authorities which were beneath the dignity of such a work , and mentioned
Richardson . “ Nay ( said Johnson ) , I have done worse than that : I have cited
thee ...
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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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