The table talk of Samuel JohnsonWilliam P. Nimmo, 1867 - 128 pages |
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... kind ; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger . When men come to like a sea - life , they are not fit to live on land . Men go to sea , before they know the unhappiness of that way of life ; and when they have ...
... kind ; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger . When men come to like a sea - life , they are not fit to live on land . Men go to sea , before they know the unhappiness of that way of life ; and when they have ...
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... kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is 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 ...
... kind , when we are quite sober ? Wit is wit , by whatever means it is 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 ...
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... kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was de- lighted ; for it is to be apprehended that , at the time when very wild improbable tales were well received , the people were in a barbarous state , and so on ...
... kind of performances the age and country in which they were written was de- lighted ; for it is to be apprehended that , at the time when very wild improbable tales were well received , the people were in a barbarous state , and so on ...
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... kind , so that there was a great abundance of provisions in possession of the owners of the lands , which , since the plenty of money afforded by commerce , is no longer the case . Hospitality to strangers and foreigners in our country ...
... kind , so that there was a great abundance of provisions in possession of the owners of the lands , which , since the plenty of money afforded by commerce , is no longer the case . Hospitality to strangers and foreigners in our country ...
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... kind , so that there was a great abundance of provisions in possession of the owners of the lands , which , since the plenty of money afforded by commerce , is no longer the case . Hospitality to strangers and foreigners in our country ...
... kind , so that there was a great abundance of provisions in possession of the owners of the lands , which , since the plenty of money afforded by commerce , is no longer the case . Hospitality to strangers and foreigners in our country ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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'.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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,
Page 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.