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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We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway , than for a
fellow who jumps out of a ditch , and knocks you down behind your back .
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue , that it is always
respected , even ...
We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway , than for a
fellow who jumps out of a ditch , and knocks you down behind your back .
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue , that it is always
respected , even ...
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Mr. Horne ( now Horno Tooke , Esq . ) published his “ Letter to Mr. Dunning on
the English Particle , Johnson read it ; and , though not treated in it with sufficient
respect , he had candour enough to say to Mr. Seward , “ Were I to make a new ...
Mr. Horne ( now Horno Tooke , Esq . ) published his “ Letter to Mr. Dunning on
the English Particle , Johnson read it ; and , though not treated in it with sufficient
respect , he had candour enough to say to Mr. Seward , “ Were I to make a new ...
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Johnson coincided with me and said , “ When a man voluntarily engages in an
important controversy , he is to do all he can to lessen bis antagonist , because
authority from personal respect has much weight with most people , and often
more ...
Johnson coincided with me and said , “ When a man voluntarily engages in an
important controversy , he is to do all he can to lessen bis antagonist , because
authority from personal respect has much weight with most people , and often
more ...
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I remember when he brought me one of his Odes to have my opinion of it , I could
not bear such nonsense , and would not let him read it to the end ; so little respect
had I for that great man ! ( laughing ) . Yet I remember Richardson wondering ...
I remember when he brought me one of his Odes to have my opinion of it , I could
not bear such nonsense , and would not let him read it to the end ; so little respect
had I for that great man ! ( laughing ) . Yet I remember Richardson wondering ...
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Nor could he patiently endure to hear that such respect as he thought due only to
higher intellectual qualities should be bestowed on men of slighter , though
perhaps more amusing , talents . I told him ( says Mr. B. ) that one morning , when
I ...
Nor could he patiently endure to hear that such respect as he thought due only to
higher intellectual qualities should be bestowed on men of slighter , though
perhaps more amusing , talents . I told him ( says Mr. B. ) that one morning , when
I ...
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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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