The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 79
... Death is , however , at a distance ; and what more than that can we say of ourselves ? I am sorry for her pain , and more sorry for her decay . Mr. Levet is sound , wind and limb . " I was some weeks this autumn at Brighthelmstone . The ...
... Death is , however , at a distance ; and what more than that can we say of ourselves ? I am sorry for her pain , and more sorry for her decay . Mr. Levet is sound , wind and limb . " I was some weeks this autumn at Brighthelmstone . The ...
Page 83
... death of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ , as that when this short and painful life shall have an end , may , for his sake , be received to everlasting happiness . Amen . " I While he was at church , the agreeable impressions upon his ...
... death of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ , as that when this short and painful life shall have an end , may , for his sake , be received to everlasting happiness . Amen . " I While he was at church , the agreeable impressions upon his ...
Page 91
... death of my little son David , and that I could not come to London this spring : - ] " I think it hard that I should be a whole year without seeing you . May I presume to petition for a meeting with you in the autumn ? You have , I ...
... death of my little son David , and that I could not come to London this spring : - ] " I think it hard that I should be a whole year without seeing you . May I presume to petition for a meeting with you in the autumn ? You have , I ...
Page 92
... death having appeared in the newspapers , and been afterwards contradicted , I have been placed in a state of very uneasy uncertainty , from which I hoped to be relieved by you : ¶ None of the persons here mentioned executed the work ...
... death having appeared in the newspapers , and been afterwards contradicted , I have been placed in a state of very uneasy uncertainty , from which I hoped to be relieved by you : ¶ None of the persons here mentioned executed the work ...
Page 93
... death , as he had neither been sick nor in any other danger , made so little impression upon me , that I never thought about ob- viating its effects on any body else . It is supposed to have been produced by the English custom of making ...
... death , as he had neither been sick nor in any other danger , made so little impression upon me , that I never thought about ob- viating its effects on any body else . It is supposed to have been produced by the English custom of making ...
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