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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Pàgina 9
... man into absurdity than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his company . " " No man ( he used to say ) speaks concerning another , even supposing it to be in his praise CONVERSATION . 9.
... man into absurdity than condescension ; when he seems to suppose his understanding too powerful for his company . " " No man ( he used to say ) speaks concerning another , even supposing it to be in his praise CONVERSATION . 9.
Pàgina 19
... suppose a man should tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ******* ( naming a worthy ...
... suppose a man should tell that Johnson , before setting out for Italy , as he had to cross the Alps , sat down to make himself wings . This many people would believe ; but it would be a picture of nothing . ******* ( naming a worthy ...
Pàgina 31
... suppose men in general to be liars . But , Sir , I would not keep company with a fellow who lies as long as he is sober , and whom you must make drunk before you can get a word of truth out of him . " He said , few people had ...
... suppose men in general to be liars . But , Sir , I would not keep company with a fellow who lies as long as he is sober , and whom you must make drunk before you can get a word of truth out of him . " He said , few people had ...
Pàgina 45
... Suppose Sir Joshua should take a jaunt into Scotland ; he does me the honour to pay me a visit at my house in the country ; I am overjoyed at seeing him ; we are quite by our- selves ; shall I unsociably and churlishly let him sit ...
... Suppose Sir Joshua should take a jaunt into Scotland ; he does me the honour to pay me a visit at my house in the country ; I am overjoyed at seeing him ; we are quite by our- selves ; shall I unsociably and churlishly let him sit ...
Pàgina 48
... suppose that there were fifty women in the world , with any one of whom a man might be as happy , as with any one woman in particular , he said , " Aye , Sir , fifty thousand . " - BOSWELL . " Then , Sir , you are not of opinion with ...
... suppose that there were fifty women in the world , with any one of whom a man might be as happy , as with any one woman in particular , he said , " Aye , Sir , fifty thousand . " - BOSWELL . " Then , Sir , you are not of opinion with ...
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