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, Volumen1J. Mawman, 1807 |
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... superiorities , such as those of birth and fortune , much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery ; it was mustard in a young child's mouth . " and rank , that dissipate mens ' attention , and 24 TABLE TALK :
... superiorities , such as those of birth and fortune , much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery ; it was mustard in a young child's mouth . " and rank , that dissipate mens ' attention , and 24 TABLE TALK :
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... attention , and leave no extraordinary share of respect for per- sonal and intellectual superiority . This is wisely ordered by Providence , to preserve some equal- ity among mankind . " 66 When Mr. B. one day complained of having dined ...
... attention , and leave no extraordinary share of respect for per- sonal and intellectual superiority . This is wisely ordered by Providence , to preserve some equal- ity among mankind . " 66 When Mr. B. one day complained of having dined ...
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... attention paid to them while unmarried , than when married . " He one day remarked , that it was commonly a weak man who married for love . Some one then talked of marrying a woman of fortune ; and men- tioned a common remark , that a ...
... attention paid to them while unmarried , than when married . " He one day remarked , that it was commonly a weak man who married for love . Some one then talked of marrying a woman of fortune ; and men- tioned a common remark , that a ...
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... attention to please him . Sir , a man will not , once in a hundred instances , leave his wife and go to a harlot , if his wife has not been negligent of pleasing . " Here he discovered that acute discrimination , that solid judgment ...
... attention to please him . Sir , a man will not , once in a hundred instances , leave his wife and go to a harlot , if his wife has not been negligent of pleasing . " Here he discovered that acute discrimination , that solid judgment ...
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... attention ; because you have done a great deal when you have brought him to have entertainment from a book . He'll get better books afterwards . " Johnson advised Mr. Boswell not to refine in the education of his children . " Life ...
... attention ; because you have done a great deal when you have brought him to have entertainment from a book . He'll get better books afterwards . " Johnson advised Mr. Boswell not to refine in the education of his children . " Life ...
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