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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... telling of opinions ; and jest with earnest . ” In this compilation are contained several authentic anecdotes of distinguished Literary Characters ; rules for the conduct of life in the most serious and delicate conjunctures ; and those ...
... telling of opinions ; and jest with earnest . ” In this compilation are contained several authentic anecdotes of distinguished Literary Characters ; rules for the conduct of life in the most serious and delicate conjunctures ; and those ...
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... tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical truth . If I thought so , though ...
... tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a physical truth . If I thought so , though ...
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... tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ******* ( naming a worthy friend of ours ) used to ...
... tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ******* ( naming a worthy friend of ours ) used to ...
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... telling a lie when they say they have had the wine twen- ty years ; three would rather save the wine ; -one perhaps cares . I allow it is something to please one's company ; and people are always pleased with those who partake pleasure ...
... telling a lie when they say they have had the wine twen- ty years ; three would rather save the wine ; -one perhaps cares . I allow it is something to please one's company ; and people are always pleased with those who partake pleasure ...
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... tell you , is doing a very great thing . " Some time after this Johnson again harangued against drinking wine : " A man ( said he ) may choose whether he will have abstemiousness and knowledge , or claret and ignorance . " Dr. Ro ...
... tell you , is doing a very great thing . " Some time after this Johnson again harangued against drinking wine : " A man ( said he ) may choose whether he will have abstemiousness and knowledge , or claret and ignorance . " Dr. Ro ...
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