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, Volumen2J. Mawman, 1807 |
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... He loved , he said , the old black letter books ; they were rich in matter , though their style was inelegant . In a conversation which took a philosophical turn , Johnson said , " Human experience , which LITERATURE . 95.
... He loved , he said , the old black letter books ; they were rich in matter , though their style was inelegant . In a conversation which took a philosophical turn , Johnson said , " Human experience , which LITERATURE . 95.
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... style , before you can judge who has a good taste in style , and who has a bad . The two classes of persons whom you have mentioned don't differ as to good and bad . They both agree that Swift has a good neat style ; but one loves a ...
... style , before you can judge who has a good taste in style , and who has a bad . The two classes of persons whom you have mentioned don't differ as to good and bad . They both agree that Swift has a good neat style ; but one loves a ...
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... style and ex- pression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was delighted ; for it is to be apprehended , that at the time when very wild improbable tales were well ...
... style and ex- pression , the curiosity of seeing with what kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was delighted ; for it is to be apprehended , that at the time when very wild improbable tales were well ...
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... style . Mr. B. one day took an opportunity of mentioning several to him . Atter- bury ? -JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , one of the best . " -BosWELL . " Tillotson ? " - J . " Why not now . I should not advise a preacher at this day to imi ...
... style . Mr. B. one day took an opportunity of mentioning several to him . Atter- bury ? -JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , one of the best . " -BosWELL . " Tillotson ? " - J . " Why not now . I should not advise a preacher at this day to imi ...
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... style , Johnson said , " The imitators of my style have not hit it . Miss Aikin has done it best ; for she has imitated the sentiment as well as the diction . " He observed , that a gentleman of eminence in literature had got into a bad ...
... style , Johnson said , " The imitators of my style have not hit it . Miss Aikin has done it best ; for she has imitated the sentiment as well as the diction . " He observed , that a gentleman of eminence in literature had got into a bad ...
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