The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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Page 251
... dropsy . It was a very severe winter , which pro- bably aggravated his complaints ; and the solitude in which Mr. Levett and Mrs. Williams had left him rendered his life very gloomy . Mrs. Desmou- lins , who still lived , was herself so ...
... dropsy . It was a very severe winter , which pro- bably aggravated his complaints ; and the solitude in which Mr. Levett and Mrs. Williams had left him rendered his life very gloomy . Mrs. Desmou- lins , who still lived , was herself so ...
Page 255
... dropsy gains ground upon me : my legs and thighs are very much swollen with water , which I should be content if I could keep there ; but I am afraid that it will soon be higher . My nights are very sleepless and very tedious , and yet ...
... dropsy gains ground upon me : my legs and thighs are very much swollen with water , which I should be content if I could keep there ; but I am afraid that it will soon be higher . My nights are very sleepless and very tedious , and yet ...
Page 259
... dropsy gains ground upon him ; and he seems to think that a warmer climate would do him good . I understand he is now rather better , and is using vinegar of squills . I am , & c . JAMES BOSWELL . ” All of them paid the most polite ...
... dropsy gains ground upon him ; and he seems to think that a warmer climate would do him good . I understand he is now rather better , and is using vinegar of squills . I am , & c . JAMES BOSWELL . ” All of them paid the most polite ...
Page 362
... dropsy is gone , and my asthma is much remitted , but I have felt myself a little declining these two days , or at least to - day ; but such vicissitudes must be expected . One day may be worse than another ; but this last month is far ...
... dropsy is gone , and my asthma is much remitted , but I have felt myself a little declining these two days , or at least to - day ; but such vicissitudes must be expected . One day may be worse than another ; but this last month is far ...
Page 368
... dropsy , and , what is less curable , seventy - five . Of the dropsy , in the beginning of the summer , or in the spring , I recovered to a degree which struck with wonder both me and my physicians : the asthma now is likewise for a ...
... dropsy , and , what is less curable , seventy - five . Of the dropsy , in the beginning of the summer , or in the spring , I recovered to a degree which struck with wonder both me and my physicians : the asthma now is likewise for a ...
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