Amelia (cont.) Essay on conversation. Essay on the knowledge of the characters of menJ. Johnson, 1806 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 40
עמוד 2
... assure you I have long suspected there were some very re- markable incidents in your life , and have only wanted an opportunity to impart to you my de- sire of hearing them : -I beg therefore you would ' make no more apologies . ' I ...
... assure you I have long suspected there were some very re- markable incidents in your life , and have only wanted an opportunity to impart to you my de- sire of hearing them : -I beg therefore you would ' make no more apologies . ' I ...
עמוד 36
... assure you , he never shewed me more than common respect ; and I hope you will be- lieve , I should have immediately startled and ' flown off if he had . Poor I accounted for all the friendship which he expressed for my husband , and ...
... assure you , he never shewed me more than common respect ; and I hope you will be- lieve , I should have immediately startled and ' flown off if he had . Poor I accounted for all the friendship which he expressed for my husband , and ...
עמוד 38
... assure you , the genero- sity of the one , and the extreme civility and kind- ness of the other , were the subjects of our conver- sation all the ensuing night , during which we neither of us closed our eyes . The next day at dinner ...
... assure you , the genero- sity of the one , and the extreme civility and kind- ness of the other , were the subjects of our conver- sation all the ensuing night , during which we neither of us closed our eyes . The next day at dinner ...
עמוד 42
... assure you , Madam , at the same time , my inten- ' tions were never to exceed the bounds of inno- cence . I was charmed with the delicacy of his passion ; and in the foolish , thoughtless turn of ' mind in which I then was , I fancied ...
... assure you , Madam , at the same time , my inten- ' tions were never to exceed the bounds of inno- cence . I was charmed with the delicacy of his passion ; and in the foolish , thoughtless turn of ' mind in which I then was , I fancied ...
עמוד 53
... assure you not without much difficulty , to suffer him to execute ' the deed in my presence . C < ' I will not describe our interview , -I am not able to describe it , and I have often wondered ' how I found spirits to support it . This ...
... assure you not without much difficulty , to suffer him to execute ' the deed in my presence . C < ' I will not describe our interview , -I am not able to describe it , and I have often wondered ' how I found spirits to support it . This ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 418 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
עמוד 419 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
עמוד 255 - Do you not know, * doctor, that this is as corrupt a nation as ever * existed under the sun ? And would you think of ' governing such a people by the strict principles of •
עמוד 421 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
עמוד 364 - Good-breeding then, or the Art of pleasing in Conversation, is expressed two different ways, viz., in our actions and our words, and our conduct in both may be reduced to that concise, comprehensive rule in Scripture: Do unto all men as you would they should do unto you.
עמוד 144 - The nature of man is far from being in itself evil: it abounds with benevolence, charity, and pity, coveting praise and honour, and shunning shame and disgrace. Bad education, bad habits, and bad customs, debauch our nature, and drive it headlong as it were into vice.
עמוד 403 - Thus while the crafty and designing part of mankind, consulting only their own separate advantage, endeavour to maintain one constant imposition on others, the whole world becomes a vast masquerade, where the greatest part appear disguised under false vizors and habits...
עמוד 79 - O thou ! whatever title please thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff or Gulliver ! Whether thou choose Cervantes...