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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... pounds , if set down to throw for sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he does not talk from a desire of distinction , but because his mind is full . " - After musing for ...
... pounds , if set down to throw for sixpence , would not be at the pains to count his dice . Burke's talk is the ebullition of his mind ; he does not talk from a desire of distinction , but because his mind is full . " - After musing for ...
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... pounds , " Johnson said , “ He had not that retort ready , Sir ; he had prepared it before hand . " - LANGTON . ( turning to Mr. Bos- well ) " A fine surmise . Set a thief to catch a thief . " A gentleman who introduced his brother to ...
... pounds , " Johnson said , “ He had not that retort ready , Sir ; he had prepared it before hand . " - LANGTON . ( turning to Mr. Bos- well ) " A fine surmise . Set a thief to catch a thief . " A gentleman who introduced his brother to ...
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... pounds a year , the time in which he might have learned to talk ; and now he cannot talk . " Mr. Perkins made a droll remark : " If he had got his four thousand a year as a mountebank , he might have learnt to talk at the same time that ...
... pounds a year , the time in which he might have learned to talk ; and now he cannot talk . " Mr. Perkins made a droll remark : " If he had got his four thousand a year as a mountebank , he might have learnt to talk at the same time that ...
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... pounds in praise , he had a good right now and then to take a guinea from me . " - 7 . " I require wine only when I am alone . I have then often wished for it , and often taken it . " — " What , ( said Mr. Spottiswoode , the Solicitor ...
... pounds in praise , he had a good right now and then to take a guinea from me . " - 7 . " I require wine only when I am alone . I have then often wished for it , and often taken it . " — " What , ( said Mr. Spottiswoode , the Solicitor ...
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... pound for it . The greatest part of men would compound , because the greatest part of men are gross . " B. " I allow there may be greater plea- sure than from wine . I have had more pleasure from your conversation . I have indeed ; I ...
... pound for it . The greatest part of men would compound , because the greatest part of men are gross . " B. " I allow there may be greater plea- sure than from wine . I have had more pleasure from your conversation . I have indeed ; I ...
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