Johnsons Table Talk a Selection of His Main Topics And Opinions Taken From Bo
Johnsons Table Talk a Selection of His Main Topics And Opinions Taken From Bo
Samuel Johnson
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I wonder, however, that so many people have written, who might have let it alone. That people should endeavour to excel in conversation, I do not wonder ; because in conversation praise is instantly reverberated. " — The Tour. 1773, Aug. 19th. We drove over a wild moor. It rained, and the scene was somewhat dreary. Dr. Johnson repeated, with solemn emphasis, Macbeth's speech on meeting the witches. As we tra- velled on, he told me, " Sir, you got into our club by doing what a man can do. Severa...l of the members wished to keep you out. Burke told me, he doubted if you were fit for it : but, now you are in, none of them are sorry. Burke says, that you have so much good humour naturally, it is scarce a virtue. " Bos- WELL : "They were afraid of you, Sir, as it 148 JOHNSON'S PRECEPT was you who proposed me ". Johnson : " Sir, they knew, that if they refused you, they'd probably never have got in another. I'd have kept them all out. Beauclerk was very earnest for you. " BoswELL : " Beauclerk has a keen- ness of mind which is very uncommon ".
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