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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... verse , and said it always failed , unless sustained by the dignity of the subject . In blank verse , he said , the lan- guage suffered more distortion to keep it out of prose , that any inconvenience or limitation to be apprehended ...
... verse , and said it always failed , unless sustained by the dignity of the subject . In blank verse , he said , the lan- guage suffered more distortion to keep it out of prose , that any inconvenience or limitation to be apprehended ...
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... verse * which she brought to me , wishing that I would furnish her The Doctor , whose memory was wonderfully retentive , res membered the first four lines of this curious production to be , " When first I drew my vital breath , A little ...
... verse * which she brought to me , wishing that I would furnish her The Doctor , whose memory was wonderfully retentive , res membered the first four lines of this curious production to be , " When first I drew my vital breath , A little ...
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... verses in a dead language , maintaining that they were merely arrangements of so many words ; and laughed at the Universities of Oxford and Cam- bridge for sending forth collections of them not only in Greek and Latin , but even in ...
... verses in a dead language , maintaining that they were merely arrangements of so many words ; and laughed at the Universities of Oxford and Cam- bridge for sending forth collections of them not only in Greek and Latin , but even in ...
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... verse to a free investigation of the characters of mankind . 6 Johnson mentioned Dr. Barry's System of Physick . " He was a man ( said he ) who had acquired a high reputation in Dublin , came over to England , and brought his reputation ...
... verse to a free investigation of the characters of mankind . 6 Johnson mentioned Dr. Barry's System of Physick . " He was a man ( said he ) who had acquired a high reputation in Dublin , came over to England , and brought his reputation ...
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... verse ; that is to say , compared with excellence , nothing ; but very well for the person who wrote them . I am vexed at being shewn verses in that manner . " - Miss R. " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ...
... verse ; that is to say , compared with excellence , nothing ; but very well for the person who wrote them . I am vexed at being shewn verses in that manner . " - Miss R. " But if they should be good , why not give them hearty praise ...
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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