Affecting Scenes: Being Passages from the Diary of a Physician, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - Literature and medicine |
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... ; and Dr. Young , in his deathbed of Altamont , has painted in strong and lasting colours the closing scene of one whose career too nearly resembled the profligate War . wick's . But those in humbler walks of life have iv PREFACE .
... ; and Dr. Young , in his deathbed of Altamont , has painted in strong and lasting colours the closing scene of one whose career too nearly resembled the profligate War . wick's . But those in humbler walks of life have iv PREFACE .
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... walks of life have been overlooked , as if men could be taught only by great examples . The mine of incident and sentiment which is to be found in ordinary society , so rich in instruction and so applicable to our own situation , has ...
... walks of life have been overlooked , as if men could be taught only by great examples . The mine of incident and sentiment which is to be found in ordinary society , so rich in instruction and so applicable to our own situation , has ...
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... walking down the Haymarket , as úsual in a very disconsolate mood , in search of some shop where I might execute a small commis- sion for my wife . The whole neighbourhood in front of the Opera - house door exhibited the usual scene of ...
... walking down the Haymarket , as úsual in a very disconsolate mood , in search of some shop where I might execute a small commis- sion for my wife . The whole neighbourhood in front of the Opera - house door exhibited the usual scene of ...
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... walk ; I will try , " said she , and endeavoured to rise ; but on Sir suring her that the motion might perhaps induce fatal consequences , she desisted , and we carried her , sitting in the chair , up to bed . The instant we had laid ...
... walk ; I will try , " said she , and endeavoured to rise ; but on Sir suring her that the motion might perhaps induce fatal consequences , she desisted , and we carried her , sitting in the chair , up to bed . The instant we had laid ...
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... walking - stick , to totter to a chair opposite me . I was much struck with his appear- ance , which was that of one in reduced circum- stances . His clothes , though perfectly clean and neat , were faded and threadbare ; and his coat ...
... walking - stick , to totter to a chair opposite me . I was much struck with his appear- ance , which was that of one in reduced circum- stances . His clothes , though perfectly clean and neat , were faded and threadbare ; and his coat ...
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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...