The Table Talk of Samuel Johnson: Comprising His Most Interesting Remarks and Observations, Volume 1J. Coxhead, 1818 |
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... truth : " Physical truth is , when you tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely , and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a ...
... truth : " Physical truth is , when you tell a thing as it actually is . Moral truth is , when you tell a thing sincerely , and precisely as it appears to you . I say such a one walked across the street ; if he really did so , I told a ...
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... truth which a 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 ...
... truth which a 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 ...
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... truth . If you could contrive to have his fair opinion on a subject , and without any bias from personal prejudice , or from a wish to be victorious in ar- gument , it was wisdom itself , not only convinc- ing , but overpowering . " He ...
... truth . If you could contrive to have his fair opinion on a subject , and without any bias from personal prejudice , or from a wish to be victorious in ar- gument , it was wisdom itself , not only convinc- ing , but overpowering . " He ...
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... truth was essential to it . " . Questioning ( he once remarked ) is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen . It is assuming a superiority , and it is particularly wrong to question a man concerning himself . There may be parts of ...
... truth was essential to it . " . Questioning ( he once remarked ) is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen . It is assuming a superiority , and it is particularly wrong to question a man concerning himself . There may be parts of ...
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... truth of any relation of supernatural agency , a general belief of which has prevailed in all nations and ages , But so far was he from being the dupe of impli- cit faith , that he examined the matter with a jealous attention , and no ...
... truth of any relation of supernatural agency , a general belief of which has prevailed in all nations and ages , But so far was he from being the dupe of impli- cit faith , that he examined the matter with a jealous attention , and no ...
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