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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... talked with ар- probation of one who had attained to the state of the philosophical wise man , that is , to have no want of any thing . " Then , Sir ( said Mr. Bos- well ) , the savage is a wise man . " - " Sir ( replied " Sir Johnson ) ...
... talked with ар- probation of one who had attained to the state of the philosophical wise man , that is , to have no want of any thing . " Then , Sir ( said Mr. Bos- well ) , the savage is a wise man . " - " Sir ( replied " Sir Johnson ) ...
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... talked to him of misery being " the doom of man , " in this life , as displayed in his Vanity of Human Wishes ; ' yet observed , that things were done upon the sup- position of happiness ; grand houses were built , fine gardens were ...
... talked to him of misery being " the doom of man , " in this life , as displayed in his Vanity of Human Wishes ; ' yet observed , that things were done upon the sup- position of happiness ; grand houses were built , fine gardens were ...
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... talked of it as of a serious distress . He laughed , and said , " Consider , Sir , how insignificant this will appear a twelve - month hence . " - Were this con- sideration to be applied to most of the little vex- atious incidents of ...
... talked of it as of a serious distress . He laughed , and said , " Consider , Sir , how insignificant this will appear a twelve - month hence . " - Were this con- sideration to be applied to most of the little vex- atious incidents of ...
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... talked of , a learned gentleman who held a considerable office in the law expatiated on the happiness of a savage life , and mentioned an instance of an officer who had actually lived for some time in the wilds of Ame rica , of whom ...
... talked of , a learned gentleman who held a considerable office in the law expatiated on the happiness of a savage life , and mentioned an instance of an officer who had actually lived for some time in the wilds of Ame rica , of whom ...
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... talked with regret of the sad in- evitable certainty that one of them must survive the other . " Yes , Sir ( said Johnson ) , that is an affecting consideration . I remember Swift , in one of his letters to Pope , says , I intend to ...
... talked with regret of the sad in- evitable certainty that one of them must survive the other . " Yes , Sir ( said Johnson ) , that is an affecting consideration . I remember Swift , in one of his letters to Pope , says , I intend to ...
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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