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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... tion how it shall be spent ; deliberation which those who begin it by prudence , and continue it with subtilty , must , after long expence of thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just ...
... tion how it shall be spent ; deliberation which those who begin it by prudence , and continue it with subtilty , must , after long expence of thought , conclude by chance . To prefer one future mode of life to another , upon just ...
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... tion to Hume by the Reverend Mr. Robert Brown , at Utrecht . " A small drinking glass and a large one ( said he ) may be equally full ; but the large one holds more than the small . " ness . On another occasion we find Johnson remark ...
... tion to Hume by the Reverend Mr. Robert Brown , at Utrecht . " A small drinking glass and a large one ( said he ) may be equally full ; but the large one holds more than the small . " ness . On another occasion we find Johnson remark ...
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... tion must be founded on the terms on which it is promised that the mediation of our SAVIOUR shall be applied to us , namely , obedience ; and where obedience has failed , then , as suppletory to it , repentance . But what man can say ...
... tion must be founded on the terms on which it is promised that the mediation of our SAVIOUR shall be applied to us , namely , obedience ; and where obedience has failed , then , as suppletory to it , repentance . But what man can say ...
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... tion was banished from the society of men , though great advantages might be derived from it . All acknowledged , he said , what hardly any body practised , the obligation we were under of making the concerns of eternity the governing ...
... tion was banished from the society of men , though great advantages might be derived from it . All acknowledged , he said , what hardly any body practised , the obligation we were under of making the concerns of eternity the governing ...
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... tion . " - J . " Why yes , Sir ; but we do not know it is a true one . There is no harm in be- lieving it but you must not compel others to make it an article of faith ; for it is not revealed . " -B . " Do you think , Sir , it is wrong ...
... tion . " - J . " Why yes , Sir ; but we do not know it is a true one . There is no harm in be- lieving it but you must not compel others to make it an article of faith ; for it is not revealed . " -B . " Do you think , Sir , it is wrong ...
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admiration afraid allow ancient appeared asked Beauclerk Beggar's Opera believe better Bishop blank verse Burke Cawston character Christian Church Church of England Church of Scotland Cibber clergyman consider conversation death Divinity eminent English expressed fear Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness History of China hope human Hume humour imagination infidel John Johnson observed language learning literary lived Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Camden Madam maintained mankind manner ment merit mind miracles nature neral never objections occasion once opinion passion perhaps philosophers pleased poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise punishment racter religion Scotland Scripture sermons Shakspeare shew Shiels Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir said Johnson style suppose sure talked tell Theocritus thing Thirty-nine Articles thought tion told translation true truth uneasy verse Virgil wish wonder write written wrote