The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... died in Germany , at the age of twenty - seven . Dr. Johnson highly respected his abilities , and often observed , that he possessed more extensive knowledge than any man of his years he had ever known . His ndustry was equal to his ...
... died in Germany , at the age of twenty - seven . Dr. Johnson highly respected his abilities , and often observed , that he possessed more extensive knowledge than any man of his years he had ever known . His ndustry was equal to his ...
Page 165
... died : - " Friday , June 18 , 1773. This day , after dinner , died Mrs. Salusbury ; she had for some days almost lost the power of speaking . Yesterday , as I touched her hand , and kissed it , she oressed my hand between her two hands ...
... died : - " Friday , June 18 , 1773. This day , after dinner , died Mrs. Salusbury ; she had for some days almost lost the power of speaking . Yesterday , as I touched her hand , and kissed it , she oressed my hand between her two hands ...
Page 342
... dying . I said , I did not see why a man should act differently with respect to those of whom he thought ill when in ... died ill , who should be carried off by an apoplectic fit while pronouncing sentence of death . Consider a class of ...
... dying . I said , I did not see why a man should act differently with respect to those of whom he thought ill when in ... died ill , who should be carried off by an apoplectic fit while pronouncing sentence of death . Consider a class of ...
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