The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 4C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 - Authors, English |
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... told him , she had discovered that her husband's affairs were in a bad way . When Goldsmith was dying , Dr. Turton said to him , Your pulse is in greater disorder than it should be , from the degree of fever which you have : is your ...
... told him , she had discovered that her husband's affairs were in a bad way . When Goldsmith was dying , Dr. Turton said to him , Your pulse is in greater disorder than it should be , from the degree of fever which you have : is your ...
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... told us at tea , that when some of Dr. Dodd's pious friends were trying to console him by saying that he was going to leave " a wretched world , " he had honesty enough not to join in the cant : - " No , no ( said he ) , it has been a ...
... told us at tea , that when some of Dr. Dodd's pious friends were trying to console him by saying that he was going to leave " a wretched world , " he had honesty enough not to join in the cant : - " No , no ( said he ) , it has been a ...
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... told me , he awaked every morning at four , and then for his health got up and walked in his room naked , with the window open , which he called taking an air bath ; after which he went to bed again , and slept two hours more . Johnson ...
... told me , he awaked every morning at four , and then for his health got up and walked in his room naked , with the window open , which he called taking an air bath ; after which he went to bed again , and slept two hours more . Johnson ...
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... told him that Dr. Cullen said to me , that a man should not take more sleep than he can take at once . JOHNSON . " This rule , sir , cannot hold in all cases ; for many people have their sleep broken by sickness ; and surely , Cullen ...
... told him that Dr. Cullen said to me , that a man should not take more sleep than he can take at once . JOHNSON . " This rule , sir , cannot hold in all cases ; for many people have their sleep broken by sickness ; and surely , Cullen ...
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... told without it ; but it is not , there fore , superfluous ; for it wakes the mind to peculiar at tention , where something of more than usual impor . tance is to be presented . Illustrious ! ' - for what ? 1 " WE were now treading that ...
... told without it ; but it is not , there fore , superfluous ; for it wakes the mind to peculiar at tention , where something of more than usual impor . tance is to be presented . Illustrious ! ' - for what ? 1 " WE were now treading that ...
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