The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... night I had very little rest . Dr. Taylor lives on milk , and grows every day better , and is not wholly without hope . Every body inquires after you and Queeney ; but whatever [ Miss ] Burney may think of the celerity of fame , the ...
... night I had very little rest . Dr. Taylor lives on milk , and grows every day better , and is not wholly without hope . Every body inquires after you and Queeney ; but whatever [ Miss ] Burney may think of the celerity of fame , the ...
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... night emi- nently cheerful , died this morning . The man who lay in the same room , hearing an uncommon noise , got up and tried to make him speak , but without effect . He then called Mr. Holder , the apothecary , who , though when he ...
... night emi- nently cheerful , died this morning . The man who lay in the same room , hearing an uncommon noise , got up and tried to make him speak , but without effect . He then called Mr. Holder , the apothecary , who , though when he ...
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... night , Unfelt , uncounted , glided by ; His frame was firm , his powers were bright , Though now his eightieth year was nigh . " Then , with no throbs of fiery pain , No cold gradations of decay , Death broke at once the vital chain ...
... night , Unfelt , uncounted , glided by ; His frame was firm , his powers were bright , Though now his eightieth year was nigh . " Then , with no throbs of fiery pain , No cold gradations of decay , Death broke at once the vital chain ...
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... night , at Mrs. Thrale's , as I was musing1 in my chamber , I thought with uncommon earnestness , that , how- ever I might alter my mode of life , or whithersoever I might remove , I would endeavour to retain Levett about me : in the ...
... night , at Mrs. Thrale's , as I was musing1 in my chamber , I thought with uncommon earnestness , that , how- ever I might alter my mode of life , or whithersoever I might remove , I would endeavour to retain Levett about me : in the ...
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... night I slept with great tranquil- lity . On the next night ( 15 ) I took diacodium , and had a most restless night . Of the next day I remember nothing , but that I rose in the afternoon , and saw Mrs. Lennox and Sheward 1 . Sunday 17 ...
... night I slept with great tranquil- lity . On the next night ( 15 ) I took diacodium , and had a most restless night . Of the next day I remember nothing , but that I rose in the afternoon , and saw Mrs. Lennox and Sheward 1 . Sunday 17 ...
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