The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 122
... doctor , ' is as gross a thing as can well be done ; and one wonders how any man , or set of men , can persist in so offen- sive a practice for a whole day together : one should expect that the first effort towards civilization would ...
... doctor , ' is as gross a thing as can well be done ; and one wonders how any man , or set of men , can persist in so offen- sive a practice for a whole day together : one should expect that the first effort towards civilization would ...
Page 124
... doctor ; I doubt then you will be very singular . But , indeed , sir , ' continued he , ' I look upon myself to be a man very much misunderstood . I am not an uncandid , nor am I a severe man . I some- times say more than I mean , in ...
... doctor ; I doubt then you will be very singular . But , indeed , sir , ' continued he , ' I look upon myself to be a man very much misunderstood . I am not an uncandid , nor am I a severe man . I some- times say more than I mean , in ...
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... doctor's life 1 . " In the course of the evening he thus gave his opinion upon the merits of some of the principal performers whom he remembered to have seen upon the stage . ' Mrs. Porter in the vehemence of rage , and Mrs. Clive in ...
... doctor's life 1 . " In the course of the evening he thus gave his opinion upon the merits of some of the principal performers whom he remembered to have seen upon the stage . ' Mrs. Porter in the vehemence of rage , and Mrs. Clive in ...
Page 156
... Doctors Cullen , Hope , and Monro , to each of whom I sent the following letter : " 7th March , 1784 . " DEAR SIR , -Dr . Johnson has been very ill for some time ; and in a letter of anxious apprehension he writes to me , ' Ask your ...
... Doctors Cullen , Hope , and Monro , to each of whom I sent the following letter : " 7th March , 1784 . " DEAR SIR , -Dr . Johnson has been very ill for some time ; and in a letter of anxious apprehension he writes to me , ' Ask your ...
Page 157
... Doctors Cullen and Monro wrote their opi- nions and prescriptions to me , which I afterwards carried with me to London , and , so far as they were encouraging , communicated to Johnson . The libe- rality on one hand , and grateful sense ...
... Doctors Cullen and Monro wrote their opi- nions and prescriptions to me , which I afterwards carried with me to London , and , so far as they were encouraging , communicated to Johnson . The libe- rality on one hand , and grateful sense ...
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