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My disorders , which had come upon me again , have again given way to
medicine ; and I am a better sleeper than I have ily been “ The death of dear Mr.
Thrale has made my attendance upon his home necessary ; but we have sold the
trade ...
My disorders , which had come upon me again , have again given way to
medicine ; and I am a better sleeper than I have ily been “ The death of dear Mr.
Thrale has made my attendance upon his home necessary ; but we have sold the
trade ...
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I am indebted to Mr. Malone , one of Sir Joshua Reynolds's executors , for the
following note , which was found among his papers after his death , and which ,
we may presume , his unaffected modesty prevented him from communicating to
me ...
I am indebted to Mr. Malone , one of Sir Joshua Reynolds's executors , for the
following note , which was found among his papers after his death , and which ,
we may presume , his unaffected modesty prevented him from communicating to
me ...
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He died on Thursday , 17 , about seven in the morning , by an instantaneous
death . He was an old and faithful friend : I have known him from about 461.
Commendavi ?. May God have mercy on him ! May he have mercy on me ! ” Such
was ...
He died on Thursday , 17 , about seven in the morning , by an instantaneous
death . He was an old and faithful friend : I have known him from about 461.
Commendavi ?. May God have mercy on him ! May he have mercy on me ! ” Such
was ...
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When fainting Nature call'd for aid , And hovering death prepared the blow , His
vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without the show . " In misery's
darkest caverns known , His ready help was ever nigh , Where hopeless anguish
...
When fainting Nature call'd for aid , And hovering death prepared the blow , His
vigorous remedy display'd The power of art without the show . " In misery's
darkest caverns known , His ready help was ever nigh , Where hopeless anguish
...
Page 15
To be sick , and to see nothing but sickness and death , is but a gloomy state : but
I hope better times , even in this world , will come , and whatever this world may
withhold or give , we shall be happy in a better state . Pray for me , my dear Lucy
...
To be sick , and to see nothing but sickness and death , is but a gloomy state : but
I hope better times , even in this world , will come , and whatever this world may
withhold or give , we shall be happy in a better state . Pray for me , my dear Lucy
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 5 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Wilson Croker |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | John Wilson Croker |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2016 |
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