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, Volum 1J. Mawman, 1807 |
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds once observed to him , that he had talked above the capacity of some people with whom they had been in company to- gether . " No matter , Sir ( said Johnson ) , they consider it as a compliment to be talked to as if ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds once observed to him , that he had talked above the capacity of some people with whom they had been in company to- gether . " No matter , Sir ( said Johnson ) , they consider it as a compliment to be talked to as if ...
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... Sir , you have not travelled over my mind , I promise you . " Sir Joshua Reynolds , however , thought Goldsmith right ; observing that “ when people have lived a great deal together , they know what each of them will say on every sub ...
... Sir , you have not travelled over my mind , I promise you . " Sir Joshua Reynolds , however , thought Goldsmith right ; observing that “ when people have lived a great deal together , they know what each of them will say on every sub ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds having one day said , that he took the altitude of a man's taste by his CONVERSATION . 29.
... Sir Joshua Reynolds having one day said , that he took the altitude of a man's taste by his CONVERSATION . 29.
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... Sir Joshua having also observed , that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements , Johnson add- ed , " Yes , Sir ; no man is a hypocrite in his plea- sures . " Johnson had a kind of general aversion to a pun . " He ...
... Sir Joshua having also observed , that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements , Johnson add- ed , " Yes , Sir ; no man is a hypocrite in his plea- sures . " Johnson had a kind of general aversion to a pun . " He ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds's , the ques- tion was discussed , whether drinking improved conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua main- tained it did.-J. " No , Sir : before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding ; and those ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds's , the ques- tion was discussed , whether drinking improved conversation and benevolence . Sir Joshua main- tained it did.-J. " No , Sir : before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding ; and those ...
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