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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He said , he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him . He
added , that it had been observed , that scarcely any man dies in public but with
apparent resolution , from that desire of praise which never quits us . " It was
observed ...
He said , he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him . He
added , that it had been observed , that scarcely any man dies in public but with
apparent resolution , from that desire of praise which never quits us . " It was
observed ...
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A man who has never had religion before , no more grows religious when he is
sick , than a man who has never learnt figures can count when he has need of
calculation . " A gentleman was mentioned as being too ready to introduce
religious ...
A man who has never had religion before , no more grows religious when he is
sick , than a man who has never learnt figures can count when he has need of
calculation . " A gentleman was mentioned as being too ready to introduce
religious ...
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The Wealth of Nations , which was just published , and that Sir John Pringle had
observed to him , that Dr. Smith , who had never been in trade , could not be
expected to write well on that subject any more than a lawyer upon physick .
Johnson ...
The Wealth of Nations , which was just published , and that Sir John Pringle had
observed to him , that Dr. Smith , who had never been in trade , could not be
expected to write well on that subject any more than a lawyer upon physick .
Johnson ...
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Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners, with Anecdotes of
Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of
Johnson Samuel Johnson. of the mind , which , like those of the body , were
never rectified ...
Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners, with Anecdotes of
Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of
Johnson Samuel Johnson. of the mind , which , like those of the body , were
never rectified ...
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Did you never observe that dogs have not the power of comparing ? A dog will
take a small bit of meat as readily as a large , when both are before him . ”
Johnson said , “ Foote was not a good mimic . " One of the company added , “ A
merry ...
Did you never observe that dogs have not the power of comparing ? A dog will
take a small bit of meat as readily as a large , when both are before him . ”
Johnson said , “ Foote was not a good mimic . " One of the company added , “ A
merry ...
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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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