The table talk of Samuel JohnsonWilliam P. Nimmo, 1867 - 128페이지 |
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... sound mind . If , in- deed , the cause of our grief is occasioned by our own misconduct , if grief is mingled with re- morse of conscience , it should be lasting . B THE ACME OF EARTHLY BLISS . If I had no SAMUEL JOHNSON . 17.
... sound mind . If , in- deed , the cause of our grief is occasioned by our own misconduct , if grief is mingled with re- morse of conscience , it should be lasting . B THE ACME OF EARTHLY BLISS . If I had no SAMUEL JOHNSON . 17.
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... cause of this , sir ? Why , sir , there are many causes , the chief of which is , I think , the great increase of money . No man now depends upon the lord of a manor , when he can send to another country , and fetch pro- visions . The ...
... cause of this , sir ? Why , sir , there are many causes , the chief of which is , I think , the great increase of money . No man now depends upon the lord of a manor , when he can send to another country , and fetch pro- visions . The ...
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... caused to the man and his family by his getting drunk . This is the way to try what is vicious , by ascertain- ing whether more evil than good is produced by it upon the whole , which is the case in ali vice . It may happen that good is ...
... caused to the man and his family by his getting drunk . This is the way to try what is vicious , by ascertain- ing whether more evil than good is produced by it upon the whole , which is the case in ali vice . It may happen that good is ...
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... cause which you know to be bad ? Johnson , Sir , you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it . I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking , or what you call knowing , a cause to be bad ...
... cause which you know to be bad ? Johnson , Sir , you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it . I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking , or what you call knowing , a cause to be bad ...
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... cause is bad , but to say all you can for your client , and then hear the judge's opinion . Boswell , But , sir , does not affecting a warmth when you have no warmth , and appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality ...
... cause is bad , but to say all you can for your client , and then hear the judge's opinion . Boswell , But , sir , does not affecting a warmth when you have no warmth , and appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality ...
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102 페이지 - 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...
31 페이지 - 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.
105 페이지 - 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'.
56 페이지 - 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.
75 페이지 - 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.
46 페이지 - Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason.
13 페이지 - 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.
60 페이지 - 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.
39 페이지 - 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,
34 페이지 - 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.