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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have never thought at all . ” — B . “ But is not the fear of death natural to man ? " -
J . “ So much so , Sir , that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it .
" He then , in a low and earnest tone , talked of his meditating upon the awful ...
have never thought at all . ” — B . “ But is not the fear of death natural to man ? " -
J . “ So much so , Sir , that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it .
" He then , in a low and earnest tone , talked of his meditating upon the awful ...
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J . “ Why , Sir , if they bestow no more thought on principles than on dress , it must
be so . " The General said , that “ a great part of the fashionable infidelity was
owing to a desire of shewing courage . Men who have no opportunity of shewing
it ...
J . “ Why , Sir , if they bestow no more thought on principles than on dress , it must
be so . " The General said , that “ a great part of the fashionable infidelity was
owing to a desire of shewing courage . Men who have no opportunity of shewing
it ...
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My advice , however , is , that you attempt , from time to time , an original sermon ;
and in the labour of composition , do not burthen your mind with too much at once
; do not exact from yourself at one effort of excogitation , propriety of thought ...
My advice , however , is , that you attempt , from time to time , an original sermon ;
and in the labour of composition , do not burthen your mind with too much at once
; do not exact from yourself at one effort of excogitation , propriety of thought ...
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Rasselas ' and • Candide , ' he said , Candide ' he thought had more power in it
than any thing that Voltaire had written . Of Horace he observed , that his lyrick
poetry could never be perfectly translated ; so much of the excellence is in the ...
Rasselas ' and • Candide , ' he said , Candide ' he thought had more power in it
than any thing that Voltaire had written . Of Horace he observed , that his lyrick
poetry could never be perfectly translated ; so much of the excellence is in the ...
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Lord Hailes had sent Johnson a present of a curious little printed Poem , on
repairing the University of Aberdeen , by David Malloch , which he thought would
please Johnson , as affording clear evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a
...
Lord Hailes had sent Johnson a present of a curious little printed Poem , on
repairing the University of Aberdeen , by David Malloch , which he thought would
please Johnson , as affording clear evidence that Mallet had appeared even as a
...
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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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