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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guished by the name of Capability Brown , told me , that he was once at the seat
of Lord Clive , who had returned from India with great wealth ; and that he
shewed him at the door of his bedchamber a large chest , which he said he had
once ...
guished by the name of Capability Brown , told me , that he was once at the seat
of Lord Clive , who had returned from India with great wealth ; and that he
shewed him at the door of his bedchamber a large chest , which he said he had
once ...
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He once advised Mr. Boswell to complete a Dictionary of words peculiar to
Scotland , of which he had shewn him a specimen . “ Sir ( said he ) , Ray has
made a collection of northcountry words . By collecting those of your country , you
will do a ...
He once advised Mr. Boswell to complete a Dictionary of words peculiar to
Scotland , of which he had shewn him a specimen . “ Sir ( said he ) , Ray has
made a collection of northcountry words . By collecting those of your country , you
will do a ...
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Mr. Boswell having once regretted to Johnson that he had learnt little Greek , as
is too generally the case in Scotland ; that he had for a long time hardly applied at
all to the study of that noble language , he was desirous of being told by him ...
Mr. Boswell having once regretted to Johnson that he had learnt little Greek , as
is too generally the case in Scotland ; that he had for a long time hardly applied at
all to the study of that noble language , he was desirous of being told by him ...
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66 But yet , " You Johnson observed , “ Lectures were once useful ; but now ,
when all can read , and books are so numerous , lectures are unnecessary . If
your attention fails , and you miss a part of a lecture , it is lost ; you cannot go
back as ...
66 But yet , " You Johnson observed , “ Lectures were once useful ; but now ,
when all can read , and books are so numerous , lectures are unnecessary . If
your attention fails , and you miss a part of a lecture , it is lost ; you cannot go
back as ...
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of the mind , which , like those of the body , were never rectified : once a coxcomb
, and always a coxcomb , When the Rev. Mr. Horne ( now Horno Tooke , Esq . )
published his “ Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle , Johnson read it ...
of the mind , which , like those of the body , were never rectified : once a coxcomb
, and always a coxcomb , When the Rev. Mr. Horne ( now Horno Tooke , Esq . )
published his “ Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle , Johnson read it ...
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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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