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, Volume 2J. Mawman, 1807 |
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Pagina 4
... Bishop of St. Asaph once observed , that it appeared from Horace's writings that he was a cheerful contented man . JOHNSON . " We have no reason to believe that , my Lord . Are we tó think Pope was happy , because he says so in his ...
... Bishop of St. Asaph once observed , that it appeared from Horace's writings that he was a cheerful contented man . JOHNSON . " We have no reason to believe that , my Lord . Are we tó think Pope was happy , because he says so in his ...
Pagina 53
... Bishop , as to there being merit in religious faith , being mentioned , Johnson said , " Why yes , Sir , the most licen- tious man , were hell open before him , would not take the most beautiful strumpet to his arms . We must , as the ...
... Bishop , as to there being merit in religious faith , being mentioned , Johnson said , " Why yes , Sir , the most licen- tious man , were hell open before him , would not take the most beautiful strumpet to his arms . We must , as the ...
Pagina 72
... Bishop Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity , and bid Mr. B. read South's Sermons on Prayer , but avoided the question which has excruciated phi- losophers and divines , beyond any other . did not ( says Mr. B. ) press it further , when I ...
... Bishop Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity , and bid Mr. B. read South's Sermons on Prayer , but avoided the question which has excruciated phi- losophers and divines , beyond any other . did not ( says Mr. B. ) press it further , when I ...
Pagina 76
... bishop . A bishop should not go to a house where he may meet a young fellow leading out a wench . " He also disapproved of bishops going to routs , at least of their staying at them longer than their presence commanded respect . He ...
... bishop . A bishop should not go to a house where he may meet a young fellow leading out a wench . " He also disapproved of bishops going to routs , at least of their staying at them longer than their presence commanded respect . He ...
Pagina 78
... Bishop of London , in his excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has ...
... Bishop of London , in his excellent charge when presiding over the diocese of Chester , justly animadverts upon this subject ; and observes of a reverend fop , that he " can be but half a beau . " Addison , in " The Spectator , " has ...
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