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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... movements of his hands , Johnson fairly seized them , and held them down . He also disapproved of introducing scripture phrases into secular discourse . VOL . I. B . Mr. Boswell having on some occasion observed , that Conversation,
... movements of his hands , Johnson fairly seized them , and held them down . He also disapproved of introducing scripture phrases into secular discourse . VOL . I. B . Mr. Boswell having on some occasion observed , that Conversation,
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... observed , that he thought it right to tell one man of a hand- some thing which had been said of him by another , as tending to increase benevolence , Johnson an- swered , " Undoubtedly it is right , Sir . " He thus defined the ...
... observed , that he thought it right to tell one man of a hand- some thing which had been said of him by another , as tending to increase benevolence , Johnson an- swered , " Undoubtedly it is right , Sir . " He thus defined the ...
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... observation of human life made him remark , " that there was nothing by which a man exasperated most people more , than by display- ing a superior ability or brilliancy in conversa- tion . They seem pleased at the time ; but their envy ...
... observation of human life made him remark , " that there was nothing by which a man exasperated most people more , than by display- ing a superior ability or brilliancy in conversa- tion . They seem pleased at the time ; but their envy ...
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... observed ) in order to force you to talk , is mighty unpleasing . You shine , indeed ; but it is by being ground . " Mr. Boswell one day unguardedly said to Dr. J. " I wish I could see you and Mrs. Macaulay to- gether . " He grew very ...
... observed ) in order to force you to talk , is mighty unpleasing . You shine , indeed ; but it is by being ground . " Mr. Boswell one day unguardedly said to Dr. J. " I wish I could see you and Mrs. Macaulay to- gether . " He grew very ...
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... observed to him , that he had talked above the capacity of some people with whom they had been in company to- gether . " No matter , Sir ( said Johnson ) , they consider it as a compliment to be talked to as if they were wiser than they ...
... observed to him , that he had talked above the capacity of some people with whom they had been in company to- gether . " No matter , Sir ( said Johnson ) , they consider it as a compliment to be talked to as if they were wiser than they ...
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