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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... particular friend of his Lordship , had once an opportunity of entertaining Johnson for a day or two at Wick- ham , when its Lord was absent . One night , pretty late , Mr. Morgan and he had a dispute in which Johnson would not give up ...
... particular friend of his Lordship , had once an opportunity of entertaining Johnson for a day or two at Wick- ham , when its Lord was absent . One night , pretty late , Mr. Morgan and he had a dispute in which Johnson would not give up ...
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... particular subject . ” — J . " Why , Sir , you are to consider that the manner and some parti- cular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him , and you are not sure VOL . I C assume . that he would say what the ...
... particular subject . ” — J . " Why , Sir , you are to consider that the manner and some parti- cular phrases of a person do much to impress you with an idea of him , and you are not sure VOL . I C assume . that he would say what the ...
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... particular person . He should take care not to be made a proverb ; and therefore should avoid having any one topick of which people can say , ' We shall hear him upon it . ' There was a Dr. Oldfield , who was always talking of the Duke ...
... particular person . He should take care not to be made a proverb ; and therefore should avoid having any one topick of which people can say , ' We shall hear him upon it . ' There was a Dr. Oldfield , who was always talking of the Duke ...
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... universa- lity , which is not true of some particular man . " --Sir William Forbes said , 66 Might not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which VOL . I. D is made brisker by being set before the fire ? INDULGENCE IN WINE .
... universa- lity , which is not true of some particular man . " --Sir William Forbes said , 66 Might not a man warmed with wine be like a bottle of beer , which VOL . I. D is made brisker by being set before the fire ? INDULGENCE IN WINE .
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... particular , he said , " Aye , Sir , fifty thousand . " - BOSWELL . " Then , Sir , you are not of opinion with some , who imagine that certain men and certain women are made for each other ; and that they cannot be happy if they miss ...
... particular , he said , " Aye , Sir , fifty thousand . " - BOSWELL . " Then , Sir , you are not of opinion with some , who imagine that certain men and certain women are made for each other ; and that they cannot be happy if they miss ...
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