The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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Page 133
... death : a life , so far as I can learn , useful , wise , and innocent ; and a death resigned , peace- ful , and holy . I cannot forbear to mention , that neither reason nor revelation denies you to hope , that you may increase her ...
... death : a life , so far as I can learn , useful , wise , and innocent ; and a death resigned , peace- ful , and holy . I cannot forbear to mention , that neither reason nor revelation denies you to hope , that you may increase her ...
Page 150
... death , Mr. Francis Barber , his faithful servant , and residuary legatee , offered this memorial of tenderness to Mrs. Lucy Porter , Mrs. Johnson's daughter ; but she having declined to accept of it , he had it enamelled as a mourning ...
... death , Mr. Francis Barber , his faithful servant , and residuary legatee , offered this memorial of tenderness to Mrs. Lucy Porter , Mrs. Johnson's daughter ; but she having declined to accept of it , he had it enamelled as a mourning ...
Page 153
... death and burial , it cannot be read without wonder . From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following authentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death : " He was in great affliction ...
... death and burial , it cannot be read without wonder . From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following authentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death : " He was in great affliction ...
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