The table talk of Samuel JohnsonWilliam P. Nimmo, 1867 - 128 Seiten |
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... as they please . No , sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man , by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn . THE MARRIED STATE . Marriage is the best state for SAMUEL JOHNSON . II.
... as they please . No , sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man , by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn . THE MARRIED STATE . Marriage is the best state for SAMUEL JOHNSON . II.
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... produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any pleasure : cock- fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of 16 THE TABLE TALK OF.
... produced ; and , if good , will appear so at all times . I admit that the spirits are raised by drinking , as by the common participation of any pleasure : cock- fighting or bear - baiting will raise the spirits of 16 THE TABLE TALK OF.
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... produces tyranny , this extreme relaxation will produce freni strictio . REFINEMENT . To be merely satisfied is not enough . It is in refinement and elegance that the civilised man differs from the savage . A great part of our industry ...
... produces tyranny , this extreme relaxation will produce freni strictio . REFINEMENT . To be merely satisfied is not enough . It is in refinement and elegance that the civilised man differs from the savage . A great part of our industry ...
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... produced by it upon the whole , which is the case in ali vice . It may happen that good is produced by vice , but not as vice : for instance , a robber may take money from its owner , and give it to one who will make a better use of it ...
... produced by it upon the whole , which is the case in ali vice . It may happen that good is produced by vice , but not as vice : for instance , a robber may take money from its owner , and give it to one who will make a better use of it ...
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... produced by the mere workings of any one mind , which of itself can do little . There is not so poor a book in the world that would not be a prodigious effort were it wrought out entirely by a single mind without the aid of prior ...
... produced by the mere workings of any one mind , which of itself can do little . There is not so poor a book in the world that would not be a prodigious effort were it wrought out entirely by a single mind without the aid of prior ...
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Seite 102 - All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In the same manner, all power, of whatever sort, is of itself desirable. A man would not submit to learn to hem a ruffle...
Seite 31 - 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.
Seite 105 - No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned'.
Seite 56 - What he attempted, he performed : he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ;* he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude nor affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentations, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Seite 75 - Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough. When I say that all governments are alike, I consider that in no government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
Seite 46 - Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason.
Seite 13 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Seite 60 - The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.
Seite 39 - There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not recollect where he laid his hat, it is nothing; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say,
Seite 34 - I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning ; for that is a sure good. I would let him at first read any English book which happens to engage his attention ; because you have done a great deal, when you have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards.