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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... tell us , ' The righteous shall have hope in his death . " " -JOHNSON . " Yes , Madam ; that is , he shall not have despair . But consider , his hope of salva- tion must be founded on the terms on which it is promised that the mediation ...
... tell us , ' The righteous shall have hope in his death . " " -JOHNSON . " Yes , Madam ; that is , he shall not have despair . But consider , his hope of salva- tion must be founded on the terms on which it is promised that the mediation ...
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... tell you , he holds his finger in the flame of a candle , without feeling pain ; would you believe him ? When he dies , he at least gives up all he has . " - B . " Foote , Sir , told me , that when he was very ill , he was not afraid to ...
... tell you , he holds his finger in the flame of a candle , without feeling pain ; would you believe him ? When he dies , he at least gives up all he has . " - B . " Foote , Sir , told me , that when he was very ill , he was not afraid to ...
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... tell him ( says Mr. B. ) that I had been , for moments of my life , not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that state of mind for a considerable space of time . He said , he never had a moment in which death was ...
... tell him ( says Mr. B. ) that I had been , for moments of my life , not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that state of mind for a considerable space of time . He said , he never had a moment in which death was ...
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... , and therefore I should not believe that an external communication had been made to me . But if a form should ap- pear , and a voice should tell me that a particular man had died at a particular place , and a DEATH . 27.
... , and therefore I should not believe that an external communication had been made to me . But if a form should ap- pear , and a voice should tell me that a particular man had died at a particular place , and a DEATH . 27.
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... tell him plainly whether he could re- cover . " Give me ( said he ) a direct answer . " The Doctor having first asked him , if he could bear the whole truth , which way soever it might lead , and being answered that he could , declared ...
... tell him plainly whether he could re- cover . " Give me ( said he ) a direct answer . " The Doctor having first asked him , if he could bear the whole truth , which way soever it might lead , and being answered that he could , declared ...
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