The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and MoralsJohn Bumpus, 1825 - 352 стор. |
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... Pope , he said , " Thy love of folly , and thy scorn of fools . Every thing thou dost shows the one , and every thing thou say'st the other . " At an- other time he said to him , " Thy body is all vice , and thy mind all virtue ...
... Pope , he said , " Thy love of folly , and thy scorn of fools . Every thing thou dost shows the one , and every thing thou say'st the other . " At an- other time he said to him , " Thy body is all vice , and thy mind all virtue ...
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... Pope observes . ' Boswell . " I fancy London is the best place for society : though I have heard that the very first society of Paris is still beyond any thing that we have here . " - J . " Sir , I question if in Paris such a company as ...
... Pope observes . ' Boswell . " I fancy London is the best place for society : though I have heard that the very first society of Paris is still beyond any thing that we have here . " - J . " Sir , I question if in Paris such a company as ...
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... Pope was happy , because he says so in his writings ? We see in his writings what he wished the state of his mind to appear . Dr. Young , who pined for preferment , talks with contempt of it in his writings , and affects to despise 174 ...
... Pope was happy , because he says so in his writings ? We see in his writings what he wished the state of his mind to appear . Dr. Young , who pined for preferment , talks with contempt of it in his writings , and affects to despise 174 ...
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... Pope , says , ' I intend to come over , that we may meet once more ; and when we must part , it is what happens to all hu- man beings . " B. " The hope that we shall see our departed friends again , must support the mind . " - J . " Why ...
... Pope , says , ' I intend to come over , that we may meet once more ; and when we must part , it is what happens to all hu- man beings . " B. " The hope that we shall see our departed friends again , must support the mind . " - J . " Why ...
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... Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period could possess poetical reputation , a man of genius could now hardly acquire it . " That 2 * Dr. Ogden , in his second sermon " On ...
... Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period could possess poetical reputation , a man of genius could now hardly acquire it . " That 2 * Dr. Ogden , in his second sermon " On ...
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Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 29 - No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...