Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged from mr. Boswell's life of Johnson, Band 11807 |
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... common saying is . " - J . " Yes , Sir ; and Foote would have answered the ostler . " Mr. Boswell gave him an account of the excel- lent mimickry of a friend of his in Scotland ; ob- serving , at the same time , that some people thought ...
... common saying is . " - J . " Yes , Sir ; and Foote would have answered the ostler . " Mr. Boswell gave him an account of the excel- lent mimickry of a friend of his in Scotland ; ob- serving , at the same time , that some people thought ...
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... common things with an emphasis as if they were oracles ; Johnson agreed with him , and 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 ...
... common things with an emphasis as if they were oracles ; Johnson agreed with him , and 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 ...
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... common plausible to- picks , he at last had recourse to the maxim , in vino veritas ; a man who is well warmed with wine will speak truth . Why , Sir ( said Johnson ) , that may be an argument for drinking , if you suppose men in ...
... common plausible to- picks , he at last had recourse to the maxim , in vino veritas ; a man who is well warmed with wine will speak truth . Why , Sir ( said Johnson ) , that may be an argument for drinking , if you suppose men in ...
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... common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear - baiting , will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who ...
... common participation of any pleasure : cock - fighting , or bear - baiting , will raise the spirits of a company , as drinking does , though surely they will not improve conversation . I also admit , that there are some sluggish men who ...
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... common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expences ...
... common remark , that a man may be , upon the whole , richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion , because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive ; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expences ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allow argument asked better Boswell character Colley Cibber consider conversation daugh degree Demosthenes dine dinner drinking wine drunk effect Eutropius evil fortune Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness hear House of Commons Hudibras idle instance Johnson observed judge keep labour lady land Langton laugh learning liberty live London Lord Lord Chatham Lord Mansfield Madam magistrate man's mankind marriage marry mentioned merit mind never occasion once opinion Parliament perhaps person pleased pleasure poor pounds praise pretty woman principles produce rank remark respect Scotland shewed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir said Johnson society speak spend superiority suppose sure talk tavern teach tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth virtue wall of China Whig wife wise wish worth wrong
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 174 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Seite 95 - I have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others, as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. "Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling.
Seite 35 - Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Seite 93 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Seite 204 - Sir, the only method by which religious truth can be established is by martyrdom. The magistrate has a right to enforce what he thinks, and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer. I am afraid there is no other way of ascertaining the truth but by persecution on the one hand and enduring it on the other.
Seite 66 - I hate by-roads in education. Education is as well known, and has long been as well known as ever it can be. Endeavouring to make children prematurely wise is useless labour. Suppose they have more knowledge at five or six years old than other children, what use can be made of it ? It will be lost before it is wanted, and the waste of so much time and labour of the teacher can never be repaid. Too much is expected from precocity, and too little performed. Miss (') was an instance of early cultivation,...
Seite 21 - You never open your mouth but with intention to give pain ; and you have often given me pain, not from the power of what you said, but from seeing your intention.
Seite 19 - The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of an individual or of human nature in general: if it be false, it is a picture of nothing.
Seite 123 - Consider, Sir ; celebrated men, such as you have mentioned, have had their applause at a distance ; but Garrick had it dashed in his face, sounded in his ears, and went home every night with, the plaudits of a thousand in his cranium. Then, Sir, Garrick did not find, but made his way to the tables, the levees, and almost the bed-chambers of the great. Then, Sir, Garrick had under him a numerous body of people ; who, from fear of his power, and hopes of his favour, and admiration of his talents, were...
Seite 146 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a King must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place'.