Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged from mr. Boswell's life of Johnson, 1. kötet1807 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 100 találatból.
2. oldal
... man's self is oblique praise . It is in order to shew how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the re- proach of falsehood . " Mr. Boswell however re- marks , that this may sometimes proceed from a ...
... man's self is oblique praise . It is in order to shew how much he can spare . It has all the invidiousness of self - praise , and all the re- proach of falsehood . " Mr. Boswell however re- marks , that this may sometimes proceed from a ...
3. oldal
Samuel Johnson. marks , that this may sometimes proceed from a man's strong consciousness of his faults being ob ... man talked of his misfortunes , we might depend upon it there was something in them not disagreeable to him— for where ...
Samuel Johnson. marks , that this may sometimes proceed from a man's strong consciousness of his faults being ob ... man talked of his misfortunes , we might depend upon it there was something in them not disagreeable to him— for where ...
5. oldal
... man gets thus are at such a distance from each other , that he never attains to a full view . " His acute observation of human life made him remark , " that there was nothing by which a man exasperated most people more , than by display ...
... man gets thus are at such a distance from each other , that he never attains to a full view . " His acute observation of human life made him remark , " that there was nothing by which a man exasperated most people more , than by display ...
7. oldal
... man has a right to engage two people in a dispute by which their passions may be inflamed , and they may part with bitter resentment against each other . I would sooner keep company with a man from whom I must guard my pockets , than with a ...
... man has a right to engage two people in a dispute by which their passions may be inflamed , and they may part with bitter resentment against each other . I would sooner keep company with a man from whom I must guard my pockets , than with a ...
11. oldal
... man . " Upon being 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 ...
... man . " Upon being 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 ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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
Népszerű szakaszok
174. oldal - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
95. oldal - 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.
35. oldal - 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.
93. oldal - 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.
204. oldal - 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.
66. oldal - 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,...
21. oldal - 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.
19. oldal - 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.
123. oldal - 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...
146. oldal - 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'.