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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 22
Página 17
... lady of quality in this town , who was a wonderful mi- mick , and used to make me laugh immoderately . I have heard she is now gone mad . " - BOSWELL . " It is amazing how a mimick can not only give you the gestures and voice of a ...
... lady of quality in this town , who was a wonderful mi- mick , and used to make me laugh immoderately . I have heard she is now gone mad . " - BOSWELL . " It is amazing how a mimick can not only give you the gestures and voice of a ...
Página 20
... Lady , don't talk so . Mr. Long's character is very short . It is nothing . He fills a chair . He is a man of genteel appearance , and that is all . I know nobody who blasts by praise as you do ; for whenever there is exaggerated praise ...
... Lady , don't talk so . Mr. Long's character is very short . It is nothing . He fills a chair . He is a man of genteel appearance , and that is all . I know nobody who blasts by praise as you do ; for whenever there is exaggerated praise ...
Página 47
... ladies the other day , that I had often wondered why young women should marry , as they have so much more freedom , and so much more ' attention paid to them while unmarried , than when married . " He one day remarked , that it was ...
... ladies the other day , that I had often wondered why young women should marry , as they have so much more freedom , and so much more ' attention paid to them while unmarried , than when married . " He one day remarked , that it was ...
Página 50
... lady . He said , " Well , Sir , you have done a good thing and a wise thing . " " I have done a good thing ( said the gentleman ) , but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . " - JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent ...
... lady . He said , " Well , Sir , you have done a good thing and a wise thing . " " I have done a good thing ( said the gentleman ) , but I do not know that I have done a wise thing . " - JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir ; no money is better spent ...
Página 51
... lady who had married a man much her inferior in rank being mentioned , a question arose how a woman's relations should behave to her in such a situation . While one contended that she ought to be treated with an inflexible steadiness of ...
... lady who had married a man much her inferior in rank being mentioned , a question arose how a woman's relations should behave to her in such a situation . While one contended that she ought to be treated with an inflexible steadiness of ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
allow argument asked better Boswell character Colley Cibber consider conversation daugh degree Demosthenes dine dinner drinking wine drunk effect Eutropius evil fortune Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness hear House of Commons Hudibras idle instance Johnson observed judge keep labour lady Langton laugh learning liberty live London Lord Lord Chatham Lord Mansfield Madam magistrate man's mankind marriage marry mentioned merit mind never occasion once opinion Parliament perhaps person pleased pleasure poor pounds praise pretty woman principles produce rank reason remark respect Scotland shewed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir said Johnson society speak spend superiority suppose sure talk tavern teach tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth virtue wall of China Whig wife wise wish woman worth wrong