The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 156
... continued . " Return Sir Alexander Dick my sincere thanks for his kind letter ; and bring with you the rhubarb1 which he so tenderly offers me . " I hope dear Mrs. Boswell is now quite well , and that no evil , either real or imaginary ...
... continued . " Return Sir Alexander Dick my sincere thanks for his kind letter ; and bring with you the rhubarb1 which he so tenderly offers me . " I hope dear Mrs. Boswell is now quite well , and that no evil , either real or imaginary ...
Page 157
... continued to grow better . My asthma is seldom trouble- some , and my dropsy has ran itself almost away , in a manner which my physician says is very uncommon . " I have been confined from the 14th of December , and shall not soon ...
... continued to grow better . My asthma is seldom trouble- some , and my dropsy has ran itself almost away , in a manner which my physician says is very uncommon . " I have been confined from the 14th of December , and shall not soon ...
Page 161
... continued , in my own opinion , and in Dr. Brocklesby's , to grow better , with respect to all my formidable and dangerous distempers ; though , to a body bat- tered and shaken as mine has lately been , it is to be feared that weak ...
... continued , in my own opinion , and in Dr. Brocklesby's , to grow better , with respect to all my formidable and dangerous distempers ; though , to a body bat- tered and shaken as mine has lately been , it is to be feared that weak ...
Page 186
... continued to reside . The present possessor , Mr. Charles Powell Leslie , his great grandson , has re- presented that county in several parliaments . - ED . ] [ Mr. Boswell is mistaken : two of the seven bishops ( Lloyd , of St. Asaph's ...
... continued to reside . The present possessor , Mr. Charles Powell Leslie , his great grandson , has re- presented that county in several parliaments . - ED . ] [ Mr. Boswell is mistaken : two of the seven bishops ( Lloyd , of St. Asaph's ...
Page 255
... continued still her eulogy . At length , provoked by this indelicate and vain obtrusion of compliments , he exclaimed , ' Dearest lady , consider with yourself what your flattery is worth , before you bestow it so freely . ' " How ...
... continued still her eulogy . At length , provoked by this indelicate and vain obtrusion of compliments , he exclaimed , ' Dearest lady , consider with yourself what your flattery is worth , before you bestow it so freely . ' " How ...
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