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" 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 but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it. "
The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Página 31
por James Boswell - 1807
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The table talk of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 páginas
...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....
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 93

1867 - 894 páginas
...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,...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 139

1867 - 518 páginas
...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...
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Mechanism in Thought and Morals, an Address with Notes and Afterthoughts

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1871 - 146 páginas
...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...
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Mechanism in Thought and Morals: An Address Delivered Before the Phi Beta ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1871 - 108 páginas
...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 páginas
...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...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 584 páginas
...• •'.• <...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...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 584 páginas
...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,"...
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Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes

Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 páginas
...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...
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Pages from an Old Volume of Life: A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 466 páginas
...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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