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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cómmon boldness , had raised himself to affluence , a gentleman maintained that
they ought not to be indignant at his success ; for merit of every sort was entitled
to reward . “ Sir ( said Johnson ) , I will not allow this man to have merit . No , Sir ...
cómmon boldness , had raised himself to affluence , a gentleman maintained that
they ought not to be indignant at his success ; for merit of every sort was entitled
to reward . “ Sir ( said Johnson ) , I will not allow this man to have merit . No , Sir ...
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The ballad of Hardyknute ( he said ) had no great merit , if it were really ancient . “
People talk of nature ; but mere obvious nature may be exhibited with very little
power of mind . ” Johnson thought the poems published as translations from ...
The ballad of Hardyknute ( he said ) had no great merit , if it were really ancient . “
People talk of nature ; but mere obvious nature may be exhibited with very little
power of mind . ” Johnson thought the poems published as translations from ...
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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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J . “ Sir , nobody else has thought it worth while ; and what merit is there in that ?
well praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir ,
there is no real criticism in it ; none shewing the beauty of thought , as formed on
...
J . “ Sir , nobody else has thought it worth while ; and what merit is there in that ?
well praise a schoolmaster for whipping a boy who has construed ill . No , Sir ,
there is no real criticism in it ; none shewing the beauty of thought , as formed on
...
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Johnson observed , that it was long before Goldsmith's merit came to be
acknowledged.That he once complained to him , in ludicrous terms of distress , “
Whenever I write any thing , the public make a point to know nothing about it ; "
but that ...
Johnson observed , that it was long before Goldsmith's merit came to be
acknowledged.That he once complained to him , in ludicrous terms of distress , “
Whenever I write any thing , the public make a point to know nothing about it ; "
but that ...
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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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