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, Volumen2J. Mawman, 1807 |
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... sermons to the regi- ment . He seemed to object to the passage in scripture where we are told that the angel of the Lord smote in one night forty thousand Assy- rians . " Sir ( said the Doctor ) , you should recol- lect that there was a ...
... sermons to the regi- ment . He seemed to object to the passage in scripture where we are told that the angel of the Lord smote in one night forty thousand Assy- rians . " Sir ( said the Doctor ) , you should recol- lect that there was a ...
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... sermons by Dr. Porteus and Dr. Stinton , his chaplains , first came out , he read it with the utmost avidity , and said , " It is a life well writ ten , and that well deserves to be recorded . " Of Sir Joshua Reynolds he said , " I know ...
... sermons by Dr. Porteus and Dr. Stinton , his chaplains , first came out , he read it with the utmost avidity , and said , " It is a life well writ ten , and that well deserves to be recorded . " Of Sir Joshua Reynolds he said , " I know ...
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... sermons make a considerable branch of English literature ; so that a library must be very imperfect if it has . not a numerous collection of sermons ; and in all collections , Sir , the desire of augmenting it grows stronger in ...
... sermons make a considerable branch of English literature ; so that a library must be very imperfect if it has . not a numerous collection of sermons ; and in all collections , Sir , the desire of augmenting it grows stronger in ...
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... sermons for style . Mr. B. one day took an opportunity of mentioning several to him . Atter- bury ? -JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , one of the best . " -BosWELL . " Tillotson ? " - J . " Why not now . I should not advise a preacher at this day ...
... sermons for style . Mr. B. one day took an opportunity of mentioning several to him . Atter- bury ? -JOHNSON . " Yes , Sir , one of the best . " -BosWELL . " Tillotson ? " - J . " Why not now . I should not advise a preacher at this day ...
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... sermons afford the best specimen of English pul- pit eloquence . " - J . " We have no sermons ad- dressed to the passions that are good for any thing ; if you mean that kind of eloquence . ” — A CLERGYMAN ( whose name I do not recollect ) ...
... sermons afford the best specimen of English pul- pit eloquence . " - J . " We have no sermons ad- dressed to the passions that are good for any thing ; if you mean that kind of eloquence . ” — A CLERGYMAN ( whose name I do not recollect ) ...
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