The Table Talk of John SeldenPress of C. Whittingham, 1818 - 180 páginas |
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... pretension . In preparing the present edition for the press , the text of the first edition , printed in 4to . London , 1689 , under the care of Richard Milward , has been scrupulously followed , the orthography alone PREFACE . vii.
... pretension . In preparing the present edition for the press , the text of the first edition , printed in 4to . London , 1689 , under the care of Richard Milward , has been scrupulously followed , the orthography alone PREFACE . vii.
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... those excellent things that usually fell from him might be lost , some of them from time to time I faithfully committed to writing , which here digested into this method , I humbly present to your hands ; -you will quickly c 2 Dedication.
... those excellent things that usually fell from him might be lost , some of them from time to time I faithfully committed to writing , which here digested into this method , I humbly present to your hands ; -you will quickly c 2 Dedication.
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John Selden. I humbly present to your hands ; -you will quickly perceive them to be his by the fami- liar illustrations wherewith they are set off , and in which you know he was so happy , that , with a marvellous delight to those that ...
John Selden. I humbly present to your hands ; -you will quickly perceive them to be his by the fami- liar illustrations wherewith they are set off , and in which you know he was so happy , that , with a marvellous delight to those that ...
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... brother to my Lord the Pope , and therefore take not myself to be judged by you ; in this case they empanneled a Middlesex jury , and dispatched the business . C 4. Whether may bishops be present in cases of blood TABLE TALK . 13.
... brother to my Lord the Pope , and therefore take not myself to be judged by you ; in this case they empanneled a Middlesex jury , and dispatched the business . C 4. Whether may bishops be present in cases of blood TABLE TALK . 13.
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... present in case of blood . The statute of the twenty- fifth of Henry the Eighth may go a great way in this business . The clergy were forbidden to use or cite any canon , & c . but in the latter end of the statute , there was a clause ...
... present in case of blood . The statute of the twenty- fifth of Henry the Eighth may go a great way in this business . The clergy were forbidden to use or cite any canon , & c . but in the latter end of the statute , there was a clause ...
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allow Answ appears asked Beggar's Opera believe better bishops Boswell called character Christian church church of England church of Rome Cibber clergy Colley Cibber common consider conversation death divines drinking England English Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happiness hath hear honour House of Commons JOHN SELDEN Johnson observed judge keep king lady land laugh learning live London Lord man's mankind marriage matter means mentioned merit mind nation nature never occasion once opinion Papists parliament person pleased pleasure poem poet pope pounds praise preach presbyters pretty woman prince punishment reason religion sermons shewed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir said Johnson speak suppose sure talk tell Theocritus thing Thirty-nine Articles thought tion told truth wine wish woman words write
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Página 180 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Página 59 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Página 93 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Página 66 - I hate by-roads in education. Education is as well known, and has long been as well known as ever it can be. Endeavouring to make children prematurely wise is useless labour. Suppose they have more knowledge at five or six years old than other children, what use can be made of it ? It will be lost before it is wanted, and the waste of so much time and labour of the teacher can never be repaid. Too much is expected from precocity, and too little performed. Miss (') was an instance of early cultivation,...
Página 106 - talk no more of that. You are, perhaps, the worst — eh, eh ! " — Goldsmith was eagerly attempting to interrupt him, when Garrick went on, laughing ironically, " Nay, you will always look like a gentleman ; but I am talking of being well or ill drest."
Página 26 - But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. " So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it.
Página 22 - You never open your mouth but with intention to give pain ; and you have often given me pain, not from the power of what you said, but from seeing your intention.
Página 146 - It is rarely well executed. They only who live with a man can write his life with any genuine exactness and discrimination ; and few people who have lived with a man know what to remark about him.
Página 150 - 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, must be from reasoning ; must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Página 95 - I have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others, as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. "Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling.