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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... mankind . " 66 When Mr. B. one day complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation worthy of being re- membered , he said , " Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " - Boswell . Why ...
... mankind . " 66 When Mr. B. one day complained of having dined at a splendid table without hearing one sentence of conversation worthy of being re- membered , he said , " Sir , there seldom is any such conversation . " - Boswell . Why ...
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... mankind had declared in favour of moderate drinking . " - J . " Sir , I do not say it is wrong to produce self - compla- cency by drinking ; I only deny that it improves the mind . When I drank wine , I scorned to drink it when in ...
... mankind had declared in favour of moderate drinking . " - J . " Sir , I do not say it is wrong to produce self - compla- cency by drinking ; I only deny that it improves the mind . When I drank wine , I scorned to drink it when in ...
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... mankind , for which it was not so necessary that there should be affection from children to parents , as from parents to children ; nay there would be no harm in that view though children should at a certain age eat their parents ...
... mankind , for which it was not so necessary that there should be affection from children to parents , as from parents to children ; nay there would be no harm in that view though children should at a certain age eat their parents ...
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... mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge , " To Mr. Langton when about to establish a school upon his estate , it had been suggested , that it might have a ...
... mankind ; and every human being , whose mind is not debauched , will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge , " To Mr. Langton when about to establish a school upon his estate , it had been suggested , that it might have a ...
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... and diligence will sometimes be interrupted ; but let no acci- dental surprise or deviation , whether short or long , dispose you to despondency . Consider these failings as incident to all mankind . - Be- 78 TABLE TALK :
... and diligence will sometimes be interrupted ; but let no acci- dental surprise or deviation , whether short or long , dispose you to despondency . Consider these failings as incident to all mankind . - Be- 78 TABLE TALK :
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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