Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebride and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1934 - 556 pages |
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Page 232
... death having come under his roof in order to have an operation upon her eyes performed with more comfort to her than in lodgings , she had an apartment from him during the rest of her life , at all times when he had a house 1 . shewed ...
... death having come under his roof in order to have an operation upon her eyes performed with more comfort to her than in lodgings , she had an apartment from him during the rest of her life , at all times when he had a house 1 . shewed ...
Page 241
... death and burial , it cannot be read without wonder 4 . From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following authentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death : He was in great affliction ...
... death and burial , it cannot be read without wonder 4 . From Mr. Francis Barber I have had the following authentick and artless account of the situation in which he found him recently after his wife's death : He was in great affliction ...
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... death , which is more formidable at the first glance , than on a nearer and more steady view . A violent death is never very painful ; the only danger is lest it should be unprovided . But if a man can be supposed to make no provision for ...
... death , which is more formidable at the first glance , than on a nearer and more steady view . A violent death is never very painful ; the only danger is lest it should be unprovided . But if a man can be supposed to make no provision for ...
Contents
DR HILLS DEDICATION TO JOWETT | xxix |
TITLEPAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION | xlvii |
Advertisement to the Life | 23 |
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