Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged from mr. Boswell's life of Johnson, Količina 11807 |
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... asking of questions with telling of opinions ; and jest with earnest . " In this compilation are contained several authentic anecdotes of distinguished Literary Characters ; rules for the conduct of life in the most serious and delicate ...
... asking of questions with telling of opinions ; and jest with earnest . " In this compilation are contained several authentic anecdotes of distinguished Literary Characters ; rules for the conduct of life in the most serious and delicate ...
Stran 1
... asked if there was good conversation , he answered , " No , Sir ; we had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ” He had a great aversion to gesticulation in company , and called once to a gentleman who ...
... asked if there was good conversation , he answered , " No , Sir ; we had talk enough , but no conversation ; there was nothing discussed . ” He had a great aversion to gesticulation in company , and called once to a gentleman who ...
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... asked , " Shall I ask him ? " said his Lordship . A great majority were for making the experiment . Upon Lord Charlemont , wish- proposed in a whisper , whether it was true . which his Lordship very gravely , and with a cour ...
... asked , " Shall I ask him ? " said his Lordship . A great majority were for making the experiment . Upon Lord Charlemont , wish- proposed in a whisper , whether it was true . which his Lordship very gravely , and with a cour ...
Stran 11
... asked by a friend what he should think of a man who was apt to say non est tanti ? " That he's a stupid fellow , Sir ( answered Johnson ) . What would these tanti men be doing the while ? " When one , in a low - spirited fit , was ...
... asked by a friend what he should think of a man who was apt to say non est tanti ? " That he's a stupid fellow , Sir ( answered Johnson ) . What would these tanti men be doing the while ? " When one , in a low - spirited fit , was ...
Stran 42
... loved mischief , thinking to produce a severe censure , asked John- son , a few days afterwards , " Well , Sir , what did your friend say to you as an apology for being in such a situation ? " - Johnson answered , " 42 TABLE TALK :
... loved mischief , thinking to produce a severe censure , asked John- son , a few days afterwards , " Well , Sir , what did your friend say to you as an apology for being in such a situation ? " - Johnson answered , " 42 TABLE TALK :
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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
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Stran 174 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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,...
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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...
Stran 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'.