 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 Seiten
...emphatically: — he could not be prevailed upon, even by his dearest friends, to tell." 24 He [Johnson] was pleased to say, "If you come to settle here, we...vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments." 2$ He [Johnson] . . . took occasion to enlarge on the advantages of reading, and combated the idle... | |
 | Olive Heseltine - 1927 - 268 Seiten
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 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 Seiten
...Johnson, B, V, 59. THE man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you. Ibid., Ill, 247. THAT is the happiest conversation where there is no...vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments. Dr. Johnson, B, II, 359. BUT, Sir, may there not be very good conversation without a contest for superiority?... | |
 | James Boswell - 1931 - 1260 Seiten
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 | James Boswell - 1934 - 1434 Seiten
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 | James Boswell - 1934 - 570 Seiten
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 | Will Durant - 1967 - 1194 Seiten
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If you come to settle here, we will have one day in the week on which we will meet by ourselves. That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments. 
