Affecting Scenes: Being Passages from the Diary of a Physician, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - Literature and medicine |
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... asked him if that was his unalterable determination . He replied , it was ; for he had " lost / too much by speculations of that sort . " I tied up the manuscript , and withdrew . As soon as I left his shop , I let fall a scorching tear ...
... asked him if that was his unalterable determination . He replied , it was ; for he had " lost / too much by speculations of that sort . " I tied up the manuscript , and withdrew . As soon as I left his shop , I let fall a scorching tear ...
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... promise him so much . " My only reason for asking the question , " he replied , " is my beloved niece , that young lady who has just left us . If I cannot live for two years or eighteen months longer , it will DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN .
... promise him so much . " My only reason for asking the question , " he replied , " is my beloved niece , that young lady who has just left us . If I cannot live for two years or eighteen months longer , it will DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN .
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... asked me if I concurred in that opinion ? Certainly . He set off for Worthing two days after ; and I lost the best and almost the only patient I had then ever had , for Sir William died after three weeks ' residence at Worthing . This ...
... asked me if I concurred in that opinion ? Certainly . He set off for Worthing two days after ; and I lost the best and almost the only patient I had then ever had , for Sir William died after three weeks ' residence at Worthing . This ...
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... asked me familiarly what were my commands . at home ? " " Is Sir- “ He is , " said the fellow , in a supercilious tone ; " and what then , sir ? " " Can he be spoken to ? " " I think he can't , for he wasn't home till six o'clock this ...
... asked me familiarly what were my commands . at home ? " " Is Sir- “ He is , " said the fellow , in a supercilious tone ; " and what then , sir ? " " Can he be spoken to ? " " I think he can't , for he wasn't home till six o'clock this ...
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... asked in a familiar tone what I wanted . " Show me up to Sir for I shall wait no longer , " said I , sternly . " Can't , sir , indeed , " he replied , with a smirk in his face . " Has my card been shown to Sir quired , struggling to ...
... asked in a familiar tone what I wanted . " Show me up to Sir for I shall wait no longer , " said I , sternly . " Can't , sir , indeed , " he replied , with a smirk in his face . " Has my card been shown to Sir quired , struggling to ...
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Page 3 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 107 - To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this: the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 108 - I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass but my madness speaks; It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen.
Page 120 - Fairest of them all. For his bride a soldier sought her, And a winning tongue had he, On the banks of Allan Water, None so gay as she.
Page 216 - The ghastly visage of death thus leering through the tinselry of fashion — " the vain show" of artificial joy — was a horrible mockery of the fooleries of life ! Indeed it was a most humiliating and shocking spectacle. Poor creature...