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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The fertility of Johnson's mind could shew itself even upon so small a matter as
this . Why , Sir ( said he ) , I suppose this must be the law , since you have been
told so in Bowstreet . But if your landlord could hold you to your bargain , and the
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The fertility of Johnson's mind could shew itself even upon so small a matter as
this . Why , Sir ( said he ) , I suppose this must be the law , since you have been
told so in Bowstreet . But if your landlord could hold you to your bargain , and the
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... and shew them how dreadful that would be , cannot fail to make a deep
impression . When the Scotch clergy shall give up their homely manner , religion
will soon decay in that country . ” He at another time repeated , that the
established ...
... and shew them how dreadful that would be , cannot fail to make a deep
impression . When the Scotch clergy shall give up their homely manner , religion
will soon decay in that country . ” He at another time repeated , that the
established ...
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... who had no cabbages till Oliver Cromwell's soldiers introduced them ; and one
might thus shew how arts are propagated by conquest , as they were by the
Roman arms . " . He seemed to be much diverted with the fertility of his own fancy
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... who had no cabbages till Oliver Cromwell's soldiers introduced them ; and one
might thus shew how arts are propagated by conquest , as they were by the
Roman arms . " . He seemed to be much diverted with the fertility of his own fancy
.
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You must shew how terror is impressed on the human heart . In the description of
night in Macbeth , the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of
darkness , -inspissated gloom . ” Johnson told Mr. B. that he was glad that he
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You must shew how terror is impressed on the human heart . In the description of
night in Macbeth , the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of
darkness , -inspissated gloom . ” Johnson told Mr. B. that he was glad that he
SMITH ...
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What I mean is , that you can shew me no passage where there is simply a
description of material objects , without any intermixture of moral notions , which
produces such an effect . ” Mr. Murphy mentioned Shakspeare's description of the
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What I mean is , that you can shew me no passage where there is simply a
description of material objects , without any intermixture of moral notions , which
produces such an effect . ” Mr. Murphy mentioned Shakspeare's description of the
...
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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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