The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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... dropsy . It was a very severe winter , which probably aggravated his complaints ; and the soli- tude in which Mr. Levet and Mrs. Williams had left him , rendered his life very gloomy . Mrs. Desmoulins , who still lived , was herself so ...
... dropsy . It was a very severe winter , which probably aggravated his complaints ; and the soli- tude in which Mr. Levet and Mrs. Williams had left him , rendered his life very gloomy . Mrs. Desmoulins , who still lived , was herself so ...
Page 235
... dropsy gains ground upon me : my legs and thighs are very much swollen with water , which I should be content if I could keep there , but I am afraid that it will soon be higher . My nights are very sleepless and very tedious . And yet ...
... dropsy gains ground upon me : my legs and thighs are very much swollen with water , which I should be content if I could keep there , but I am afraid that it will soon be higher . My nights are very sleepless and very tedious . And yet ...
Page 236
... dropsy , but received , by the mercy of God , sudden and unexpected relief last Thursday , by the dis- charge of twenty pints of water . Whether I shall continue free , or shall fill again , cannot be told . Pray for me . " Death , my ...
... dropsy , but received , by the mercy of God , sudden and unexpected relief last Thursday , by the dis- charge of twenty pints of water . Whether I shall continue free , or shall fill again , cannot be told . Pray for me . " Death , my ...
Page 239
... dropsy gains ground upon him ; and he seems to think that a warmer climate would do him good . I understand he is now rather better , and is using vinegar of squills . “ I am , with great esteem , dear sir , " Your most obedient humble ...
... dropsy gains ground upon him ; and he seems to think that a warmer climate would do him good . I understand he is now rather better , and is using vinegar of squills . “ I am , with great esteem , dear sir , " Your most obedient humble ...
Page 240
... dropsy , by God's blessing , has now run almost totally away by natural evacuation ; and the asthma , if not irritated by cold , gives me little trouble . While I am writing this , I have not any sensation of de- bility or disease . But ...
... dropsy , by God's blessing , has now run almost totally away by natural evacuation ; and the asthma , if not irritated by cold , gives me little trouble . While I am writing this , I have not any sensation of de- bility or disease . But ...
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