The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... tell you , who consider our friendship not only as formed by choice , but as matured by time . We have been now long enough ac- quainted to have many images in common , and therefore to have a source of conversation which neither the ...
... tell you , who consider our friendship not only as formed by choice , but as matured by time . We have been now long enough ac- quainted to have many images in common , and therefore to have a source of conversation which neither the ...
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... sent to make inquiries . His answer was , " Tell her that I cannot be well , for she does not come to see me . " - Hawk . Mem . vol . ii . p . 149. ED . ] " Your notes on Alfred1 appear to me very judicious 1781. - ETAT . 72 .
... sent to make inquiries . His answer was , " Tell her that I cannot be well , for she does not come to see me . " - Hawk . Mem . vol . ii . p . 149. ED . ] " Your notes on Alfred1 appear to me very judicious 1781. - ETAT . 72 .
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... tell the messenger to bring Holder to me . " When you shall be gone whither shall I turn myself ? ” — ED . ] Soon after the above letter , Dr. Lawrence left London , but not before the palsy had made so great a progress as to render him ...
... tell the messenger to bring Holder to me . " When you shall be gone whither shall I turn myself ? ” — ED . ] Soon after the above letter , Dr. Lawrence left London , but not before the palsy had made so great a progress as to render him ...
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... tell me , I owe your acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and death . At night , at Mrs. Thrale's , as I was musing1 in my chamber , I thought with uncommon ...
... tell me , I owe your acquaintance , died a few weeks ago , suddenly in his bed ; there passed not , I believe , a minute between health and death . At night , at Mrs. Thrale's , as I was musing1 in my chamber , I thought with uncommon ...
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... tell you that they who are pleased to wish me well , need not be any longer parti- cularly solicitous about me . I prevailed on my physician to bleed me very copiously , almost against his inclination . How- ever , he kept his finger on ...
... tell you that they who are pleased to wish me well , need not be any longer parti- cularly solicitous about me . I prevailed on my physician to bleed me very copiously , almost against his inclination . How- ever , he kept his finger on ...
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