| Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 페이지
...MISFORTUNES. Depend upon it, that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing...there never is any recourse to the mention of it. MADNESS. Many a man is mad in certain instances, and goes through life without having it perceived.... | |
| 1867 - 894 페이지
...man talles of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for when there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.» To Boswell the Dr. writes in 1778 : " When any fit of anxiety, or gloominess, or perversion of mind,... | |
| 1867 - 518 페이지
...man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for when there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.J To Boswell the Doctor writes in 1778 : " When any * Sartor Resnrtus, book ii. ch. vi. t Childe... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1871 - 146 페이지
...words mentally. Beginners read syllable by syllable. ' A man must be a poor beast,' said Dr. Johnson, ' that should read no more in quantity than he could utter aloud.' There are books of which we can exhaust a page of its meaning at a glance; but a man cannot do justice... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1871 - 108 페이지
...indeed, to follow certain nerves downward : so that, as we say, " My heart was in my mouth," son, (( that should read no more in quantity than he could utter aloud." There are books of which we can exhaust a page of its meaning at a glance ; but a man cannot do justice... | |
| James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 페이지
...Depend npon it," said he, " that if я. man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing...quantity than he could utter aloud. ' ' Imlac, in Bassclas, I spelt with а с at the end, because it is less like English, -which should always have... | |
| James Boswell - 1874 - 584 페이지
...• •'.• <...r, ,.;,„.,• yevofififov, the best philosopher whom I have ever seen or known." " A man must be a poor beast, that should read no more...like English, •which should always have the Saxon * added to the c.* " Many a man is mad in certain instances, and goes through life without having it... | |
| James Boswell - 1874 - 584 페이지
...Depend upon it, said he, that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing...there never is any recourse to the mention of it. — heard, he addressed himself to the gentleman, "I think, Sir, you were saying sometliing about,"... | |
| Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 페이지
...him down. Depend upon it, that, if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing...there never is any recourse to the mention of it. No man speaks concerning another, even supposing it be in his praise, if he thinks he does not hear... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 466 페이지
...words mentally. Beginners read syllable by syllable. " A man must be a poor beast," said Dr. Johnson, " that should read no more in quantity than he could utter aloud." There are books of which we ean exhaust a page of its meaning at a glance ; but a man cannot do justice... | |
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