The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and MoralsJohn Bumpus, 1825 - 352 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... poor , he has got a love of mean company and low jocularity ; a very bad thing , sir . To laugh is good , as to talk is good . But you ought no more to think it enough if you laugh , than you are to think it enough if you talk . You may ...
... poor , he has got a love of mean company and low jocularity ; a very bad thing , sir . To laugh is good , as to talk is good . But you ought no more to think it enough if you laugh , than you are to think it enough if you talk . You may ...
Pagina 21
... poor talker ; had he held his tongue we might have supposed him to have been restrained by modesty ; but he has spoken a great deal to - day , and you have heard what stuff it was . " Talking of an acquaintance distinguished for knowing ...
... poor talker ; had he held his tongue we might have supposed him to have been restrained by modesty ; but he has spoken a great deal to - day , and you have heard what stuff it was . " Talking of an acquaintance distinguished for knowing ...
Pagina 29
... 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 . In the first place , the flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do ...
... 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 . In the first place , the flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do ...
Pagina 75
... poor . Frugality is not only the basis of quiet , but of beneficence . No man can help others that wants help himself ; we must have enough before we have to spare . 66 Poverty is a great enemy to human happi- ness ; it certainly ...
... poor . Frugality is not only the basis of quiet , but of beneficence . No man can help others that wants help himself ; we must have enough before we have to spare . 66 Poverty is a great enemy to human happi- ness ; it certainly ...
Pagina 84
... poor can find maintenance for themselves , and their labour is wanted , a general undiscerning hospitality tends to ill , by withdrawing them from their work to idleness and drunkenness . Then for- merly rents were received in kind , so ...
... poor can find maintenance for themselves , and their labour is wanted , a general undiscerning hospitality tends to ill , by withdrawing them from their work to idleness and drunkenness . Then for- merly rents were received in kind , so ...
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Pagina 150 - Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Pagina 29 - No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Pagina 212 - 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 87 - Come, come, (said Garrick,) talk no more of that. You are perhaps, the worst — eh, eh!" — Goldsmith was eagerly attempting to interrupt him, when Garrick went on, laughing ironically, "Nay, you will always look like a gentleman; but I am talking of being well or ill drest.
Pagina 220 - 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 344 - 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 192 - But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. " So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it.
Pagina 104 - ... to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite; which was so fierce, and indulged with such intenseness, that while in the act of eating, the veins of his forehead swelled, and generally a strong perspiration was visible.
Pagina 321 - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
Pagina 104 - I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks seemed rivetted to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite: which was so fierce, and indulged with such...