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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... told a physical truth . If I thought so , though I should have been mistaken , I told a moral truth . " " A man , " he said , " should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage . People may be amused and laugh at ...
... told a physical truth . If I thought so , though I should have been mistaken , I told a moral truth . " " A man , " he said , " should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage . People may be amused and laugh at ...
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... told me , Sir , he does it for instruction . " J. " Whatever the motive be , Sir , the man who does so does very wrong . He has no more right to instruct himself at such risk , than he has to make two people fight a duel , that he may ...
... told me , Sir , he does it for instruction . " J. " Whatever the motive be , Sir , the man who does so does very wrong . He has no more right to instruct himself at such risk , than he has to make two people fight a duel , that he may ...
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... an air of triumph ) , Mr. Ber- renger knows the world . Every body loves to have good things furnished to them without any trouble . I told Mrs. Thrale once , that as she did i not choose to have card - tables , she should CONVERSATION .
... an air of triumph ) , Mr. Ber- renger knows the world . Every body loves to have good things furnished to them without any trouble . I told Mrs. Thrale once , that as she did i not choose to have card - tables , she should CONVERSATION .
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... told that his Grace had spoken in the House of Lords for half an hour . Did he indeed speak for half an hour ? ' ( said Belchier , the surgeon ; ) ' Yes . ' And what did he say of Dr. Oldfield ? ' Nothing . ' ' Why then , Sir , he was ...
... told that his Grace had spoken in the House of Lords for half an hour . Did he indeed speak for half an hour ? ' ( said Belchier , the surgeon ; ) ' Yes . ' And what did he say of Dr. Oldfield ? ' Nothing . ' ' Why then , Sir , he was ...
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... told , that large bales of woollen cloth were lodged in the town - hall ; that , by reason of this , fleas nestled there in prodigious numbers ; that the lodgings of the Counsel were near the town - hall ; and that those little animals ...
... told , that large bales of woollen cloth were lodged in the town - hall ; that , by reason of this , fleas nestled there in prodigious numbers ; that the lodgings of the Counsel were near the town - hall ; and that those little animals ...
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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