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... Brocklesby , whose reading , and knowledge of life , and good spirits , supply him with a never - failing source of conversation . He mentioned a respectable gentleman , who became extremely penurious near the close of his life ...
... Brocklesby , whose reading , and knowledge of life , and good spirits , supply him with a never - failing source of conversation . He mentioned a respectable gentleman , who became extremely penurious near the close of his life ...
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... Brocklesby , who is my neighbour . My 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 repeat the Lord's Prayer with no very imperfect ...
... Brocklesby , who is my neighbour . My 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 repeat the Lord's Prayer with no very imperfect ...
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... Brocklesby . Between the time in which I discovered my own disorder , and that in which I sent for the doctor , I had , I believe , in spite of my surprize and solicitude , a little sleep , and Nature began to renew its operations ...
... Brocklesby . Between the time in which I discovered my own disorder , and that in which I sent for the doctor , I had , I believe , in spite of my surprize and solicitude , a little sleep , and Nature began to renew its operations ...
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... BROCKLESBY . " Heale , near Salisbury , Aug. 29 , 1783 . " WITHOUT appearing to want a just sense of your kind attention , I cannot omit to give an account of the day which seemed to appear in some sort perilous . I rose at five , and ...
... BROCKLESBY . " Heale , near Salisbury , Aug. 29 , 1783 . " WITHOUT appearing to want a just sense of your kind attention , I cannot omit to give an account of the day which seemed to appear in some sort perilous . I rose at five , and ...
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... Brocklesby . I return thanks with great sincerity , having lived long enough to know what gratitude is due to such friendship ; and entreat that my refusal may not be imputed to sullenness or pride . I am , indeed , in no want ...
... Brocklesby . I return thanks with great sincerity , having lived long enough to know what gratitude is due to such friendship ; and entreat that my refusal may not be imputed to sullenness or pride . I am , indeed , in no want ...
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Page 115 - Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Page 536 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 483 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Page 359 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Page 251 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men : but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 366 - Why," said Johnson, smiling and rolling himself about, "that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Page 200 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Page 529 - And while it shall please Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done, and little to be known...
Page 365 - ... only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose: often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how.