The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 15
... asthma and dropsy ; but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy , from which he had , two hours before they came , strove to awaken him- self by blisters : they were both deaf , and scarce able to speak ...
... asthma and dropsy ; but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy , from which he had , two hours before they came , strove to awaken him- self by blisters : they were both deaf , and scarce able to speak ...
Page 109
... asthma- tick complaint ; but have forborne for some time by Dr. Pepys's persuasion , who perceived my legs beginning to swell . I some- times alleviate a painful , or , more properly , an oppressive con- 1 [ Dr. Lawrence , born in 1711 ...
... asthma- tick complaint ; but have forborne for some time by Dr. Pepys's persuasion , who perceived my legs beginning to swell . I some- times alleviate a painful , or , more properly , an oppressive con- 1 [ Dr. Lawrence , born in 1711 ...
Page 146
... asthma of such violence , that he was confined to the house in great pain , being sometimes obliged to sit all night in his chair , a recumbent posture being so hurtful to his respiration , that he could not endure lying in bed ; and ...
... asthma of such violence , that he was confined to the house in great pain , being sometimes obliged to sit all night in his chair , a recumbent posture being so hurtful to his respiration , that he could not endure lying in bed ; and ...
Page 150
... asthma , so violent , that with difficulty I got to my own house , in which I have been confined eight or nine weeks , and from which I know not when I shall be able to go even to church . The asthma , however , is not the worst . A ...
... asthma , so violent , that with difficulty I got to my own house , in which I have been confined eight or nine weeks , and from which I know not when I shall be able to go even to church . The asthma , however , is not the worst . A ...
Page 154
... asthma and dropsy , but received by the mercy of God sudden and unexpected relief last Thursday , by the discharge of twenty pints of water . Whether I shall continue free , or shall fill again , cannot be told . Pray for me . " Death ...
... asthma and dropsy , but received by the mercy of God sudden and unexpected relief last Thursday , by the discharge of twenty pints of water . Whether I shall continue free , or shall fill again , cannot be told . Pray for me . " Death ...
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