The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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Page 99
... death of his wife . But it is merely a transcript of the 41st number of " The Idler , " on the death of a friend . A fictitious date , March 17 , 1751 , O. S. was added by some person , previously to this pa- per's being sent to the ...
... death of his wife . But it is merely a transcript of the 41st number of " The Idler , " on the death of a friend . A fictitious date , March 17 , 1751 , O. S. was added by some person , previously to this pa- per's being sent to the ...
Page 144
... death , which is more formidable at the first glance , than on a nearer and more steady view . A violent death is never very painful : the only danger is , lest it should be unprovided . But if a man can be supposed to make no provision ...
... death , which is more formidable at the first glance , than on a nearer and more steady view . A violent death is never very painful : the only danger is , lest it should be unprovided . But if a man can be supposed to make no provision ...
Page 500
... death , or rather , " of something after death : " and what rational man , who se- riously thinks of quitting all that he has ever known , and going into a new and un- known state of being , can be without that dread ? But his fear was ...
... death , or rather , " of something after death : " and what rational man , who se- riously thinks of quitting all that he has ever known , and going into a new and un- known state of being , can be without that dread ? But his fear was ...
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