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TOHNSON ' S usual phrase for conversation was talk ; yet he made a distinction ;
for having once dined at a friend ' s house with what he termed “ a very pretty
company , ” and being asked if there was good conversation , he answered , “ No
...
TOHNSON ' S usual phrase for conversation was talk ; yet he made a distinction ;
for having once dined at a friend ' s house with what he termed “ a very pretty
company , ” and being asked if there was good conversation , he answered , “ No
...
Pagina 131
He was told that Dr . Cullen had said , that a man should not take more scep than
he can take at once .“ This rule , Sir ( remarked Johnson ) , cannot hold in all
cases ; for many people have their sleep broken by sickness ; and surely , Cullen
...
He was told that Dr . Cullen had said , that a man should not take more scep than
he can take at once .“ This rule , Sir ( remarked Johnson ) , cannot hold in all
cases ; for many people have their sleep broken by sickness ; and surely , Cullen
...
Pagina 328
Nobody imagines that an University is to have at once two hundred poets ; but it
should be able to show two hundred scholars . Peiresc ' s death was lamented , I
think , in forty languages ; and I would have had at every coronation , and every ...
Nobody imagines that an University is to have at once two hundred poets ; but it
should be able to show two hundred scholars . Peiresc ' s death was lamented , I
think , in forty languages ; and I would have had at every coronation , and every ...
Pagina 357
Johnson once talked with approbation of an intended edition of The Spectator '
with notes ; two volumes of which had been prepared by a gentleman eminent in
the literary world , and the materials which he had collected for the remainder ...
Johnson once talked with approbation of an intended edition of The Spectator '
with notes ; two volumes of which had been prepared by a gentleman eminent in
the literary world , and the materials which he had collected for the remainder ...
Pagina 419
... a great part of the poem , was Pope ' s own . It is amazing , Sir , what deviations
there are from precise truth , in the account which is given of almost every thing .
I E E 2 once NOV wa V . C1 once told Mrs . Thrale , “ You have LITERATURE .
... a great part of the poem , was Pope ' s own . It is amazing , Sir , what deviations
there are from precise truth , in the account which is given of almost every thing .
I E E 2 once NOV wa V . C1 once told Mrs . Thrale , “ You have LITERATURE .
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Populaire passages
Pagina 153 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Pagina 274 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Pagina 149 - 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, show it to be evidently a great evil.
Pagina 14 - Goldsmith should not be for ever attempting to shine in conversation : he has not temper for it, he is so much mortified when he fails. Sir, a game of jokes is composed partly of skill, partly of chance ; a man may be beat at times by one who has not the tenth part of his wit. Now Goldsmith's putting himself against another, is like a man laying a hundred to one, who cannot spare the hundred.
Pagina 153 - But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it; and if it does convince him, why then, sir, you are wrong and he is right. It is his business to judge ; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that a cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the judge's opinion.
Pagina 432 - there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners; and there is the difference between the characters of Fielding and those of Richardson. Characters of manners are very entertaining; but they are to be understood by a more superficial observer than characters of nature, where a man must dive into the recesses of the human heart.
Pagina 427 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Pagina 264 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life ', nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Pagina 65 - Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I have.
Pagina 406 - It may be justly supposed that there was in his conversation, what appears so frequently in his letters, an affectation of familiarity with the great, an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order of society and another. This transgression of regularity was by himself and his admirers termed greatness of soul.
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| Titel | Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volume 1 Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Uitgever | C. Dilly, 1798 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de New York Public Library |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 5 jan 2007 |
| Lengte | 446 pagina's |
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