The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and MoralsJohn Bumpus, 1825 - 352 pàgines |
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... of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals Samuel Johnson, James Boswell. 1515151959 157575 4655555555556 15155151550 ROBERT GATHORNE- HARDY. 4515555 15159599999999599GGGASZO ENGLISH LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 156667. Front Cover.
... of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals Samuel Johnson, James Boswell. 1515151959 157575 4655555555556 15155151550 ROBERT GATHORNE- HARDY. 4515555 15159599999999599GGGASZO ENGLISH LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 156667. Front Cover.
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... TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD This book was acquired for the MEYERSTEIN COLLECTION OF THE ENGLISH FACULTY LIBRARY with the help of a grant made under this bequest ! Heath , del TABLE TALK LONDON Pab by Bumpus 51743 XL 50.1 [ Tab ]
... TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD This book was acquired for the MEYERSTEIN COLLECTION OF THE ENGLISH FACULTY LIBRARY with the help of a grant made under this bequest ! Heath , del TABLE TALK LONDON Pab by Bumpus 51743 XL 50.1 [ Tab ]
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... English language , and one which gives a better view of general literature than is to be obtained from any other work in existence . The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson abounded in those excellencies by which we may conceive the conversation ...
... English language , and one which gives a better view of general literature than is to be obtained from any other work in existence . The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson abounded in those excellencies by which we may conceive the conversation ...
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... English language , and prompt to repress collo- quial barbarisms ; such as pledging myself for un- dertaking ; line for department , or branch , as the civil line , the banking line . He was particularly indignant against the almost ...
... English language , and prompt to repress collo- quial barbarisms ; such as pledging myself for un- dertaking ; line for department , or branch , as the civil line , the banking line . He was particularly indignant against the almost ...
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... English translation , by the same author . " Class II . Learns Eutropius and Cornelius Nepos , or Justin , with the translation . " N. B. The first class gets for their part every morning the rules which they have learned be- fore , and ...
... English translation , by the same author . " Class II . Learns Eutropius and Cornelius Nepos , or Justin , with the translation . " N. B. The first class gets for their part every morning the rules which they have learned be- fore , and ...
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Pàgina 150 - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Pàgina 29 - No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Pàgina 212 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Pàgina 87 - Come, come, (said Garrick,) talk no more of that. You are perhaps, the worst — eh, eh!" — Goldsmith was eagerly attempting to interrupt him, when Garrick went on, laughing ironically, "Nay, you will always look like a gentleman; but I am talking of being well or ill drest.
Pàgina 220 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Pàgina 344 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house' in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Pàgina 192 - But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. " So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it.
Pàgina 104 - ... to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite; which was so fierce, and indulged with such intenseness, that while in the act of eating, the veins of his forehead swelled, and generally a strong perspiration was visible.
Pàgina 321 - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
Pàgina 104 - I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks seemed rivetted to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite: which was so fierce, and indulged with such...