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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... whole nation for your enemies . " - JOHNSON . " Why , I own , that by my definition of oats I meant to vex them . " - BOSWELL . " Pray ; Sir , can you trace the cause of your antipathy to the Scotch ? " - J . " I cannot , Sir . " - B ...
... whole nation for your enemies . " - JOHNSON . " Why , I own , that by my definition of oats I meant to vex them . " - BOSWELL . " Pray ; Sir , can you trace the cause of your antipathy to the Scotch ? " - J . " I cannot , Sir . " - B ...
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... whole evening in the midst of a very brilliant and learned society , " Sir ( said he ) , the conversa- tion overflowed and drowned him . " His philosophy , though austere and solemn , was by no means morose and cynical , and never ...
... whole evening in the midst of a very brilliant and learned society , " Sir ( said he ) , the conversa- tion overflowed and drowned him . " His philosophy , though austere and solemn , was by no means morose and cynical , and never ...
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... whole time was no more than Richard . How a man should say only Richard , it is not easy to ima- gine . But it was thus : Dr. Douglas was talking of Dr. Zachary Grey , and ascribing to him some- thing that was written by Dr. Richard ...
... whole time was no more than Richard . How a man should say only Richard , it is not easy to ima- gine . But it was thus : Dr. Douglas was talking of Dr. Zachary Grey , and ascribing to him some- thing that was written by Dr. Richard ...
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... life will afford . You may often find yourself out of humour , and you may often think your wife not studious enough to please you ; and yet you may have reason to consider yourself as upon the whole . very MARRIAGE . " 45 Marriage,
... life will afford . You may often find yourself out of humour , and you may often think your wife not studious enough to please you ; and yet you may have reason to consider yourself as upon the whole . very MARRIAGE . " 45 Marriage,
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... whole . very happily married . ” Of marriage in general , he observed , " Our marriage service is too refined : it is calculated only for the best kind of marriages ; whereas we should have a form for matches of convenience , of which ...
... whole . very happily married . ” Of marriage in general , he observed , " Our marriage service is too refined : it is calculated only for the best kind of marriages ; whereas we should have a form for matches of convenience , of which ...
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