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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on ... - Page 141
by Samuel Johnson - 1783
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pages
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...fre" quent afTailant was the head-ach, which he ufed " to relieve by inhaling the fteam of coffee, which " he very frequently required. " Moft of what...petty " peculiarities was communicated by a female do" meftic of the Earl of Oxford, who knew him " perhaps after the middle of life. He was then ** fo...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...moft frequent aflailant was the headach, which he ufed to relieve by inhaling the fleam of coffee, which he very frequently required. Moft of what can...after the middle of life. He was then fo weak as to (land in perpetual need of female attendance; extremely fenfible of cold, fo that he" wore a kind of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...His mod frequent affailant was the headach, which he ufed to relieve by inhalmg the ileam of coffee, which he very frequently required. Moft of what can...after the middle of life. He was then fo weak as to (land in perpetual need of female attendance; extremely fenfible of cold, fo that he wore a kind of...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...moft frequent afTailant was the headach, which he ufed to relieve by inhaling the ileam of coffee, which he very frequently required. Moft of what can...after the middle of life. He was then fo weak as to fland in perpetual need of female attendance; extremely fenfible of cold, fo that he wore a kind of...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...be toi J concerning his pctty-.peculiariiies was comĀ« D munkatcd [So] numicated by a female domcuic of the Earl of Oxford, who knew him perhaps after...was then fo weak as to ftand in perpetual need of iemale attendance ; extremely icnfible of cold, fo that he wore a kind of fur doubler, under a fhirt...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...headache, which he used to relieve by Jnhaling the steam of coffee, which he very frequently required. Most of what can be told concerning his petty peculiarities was communicated by a female domestick of the Earl of Oxford, who knew him perhaps after the middle of lifj. He was then so weak...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...head-ach, which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee, which he very frequently required. Most of what can be told concerning his petty peculiarities was communicated by a female domestic of the earl of Oxford, who knew him perhaps after the middle 1 This account of the difference...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...headach, which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee, which he very frequently required. Most of what can be told concerning his petty peculiarities was communicated by a female domestick of the Earl of Oxford, who knew him perhaps after the middle of life. He was then so weak...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee, which he very frequently re-r quired. . ' > Most of what can be told concerning his petty peculiarities was communicated by a female domestick of the Earl of Oxford,, who knew him perhaps after the middle of life. He was then so weak...
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