The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... physician was , however , in some respects , more to be pitied than the patient : Johnson was panting under an asthma and dropsy ; but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy , from which he had , two ...
... physician was , however , in some respects , more to be pitied than the patient : Johnson was panting under an asthma and dropsy ; but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy , from which he had , two ...
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... physician often upon my mind . I am now better ; and hope gratitude , as well as distress , can be a motive to remembrance . Bolt - court , Fleet - street , February 4 , 1783 . " - Boswell . 3 Mr. Langton being at this time on duty at ...
... physician often upon my mind . I am now better ; and hope gratitude , as well as distress , can be a motive to remembrance . Bolt - court , Fleet - street , February 4 , 1783 . " - Boswell . 3 Mr. Langton being at this time on duty at ...
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... physician to bleed me very copiously , almost against his inclination . How- ever , he kept his finger on the pulse of the other hand , and , finding that I bore it well , let the vein run on . From that time I have mended , and hope I ...
... physician to bleed me very copiously , almost against his inclination . How- ever , he kept his finger on the pulse of the other hand , and , finding that I bore it well , let the vein run on . From that time I have mended , and hope I ...
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... physicians are very friendly , and give me great hopes ; but you may imagine my situation . I have so far recovered my vocal powers , as to re- peat the Lord's Prayer with no imperfect articulation . My memory , I hope , yet remains as ...
... physicians are very friendly , and give me great hopes ; but you may imagine my situation . I have so far recovered my vocal powers , as to re- peat the Lord's Prayer with no imperfect articulation . My memory , I hope , yet remains as ...
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... physicians consider me as cured . I was last Sunday at church . On Tuesday I took an airing to Hampstead , and dined with the Club , where Lord Palmerston was proposed , and , against my opinion , was rejected 1 . I designed to go next ...
... physicians consider me as cured . I was last Sunday at church . On Tuesday I took an airing to Hampstead , and dined with the Club , where Lord Palmerston was proposed , and , against my opinion , was rejected 1 . I designed to go next ...
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