The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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Page 85
... look to Bedlam , than you think of death by having windows that look to a churchyard . " MRS . BURNEY . " We may look to a churchyard , sir ; for it is right that we should be kept in mind of death . " JOHNSON . " Nay , madam , if you ...
... look to Bedlam , than you think of death by having windows that look to a churchyard . " MRS . BURNEY . " We may look to a churchyard , sir ; for it is right that we should be kept in mind of death . " JOHNSON . " Nay , madam , if you ...
Page 124
... 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 jest ; and people are apt to believe me serious : however , I am more candid than I was when 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 jest ; and people are apt to believe me serious : however , I am more candid than I was when I ...
Page 128
... look and talk . The general health of my body is as good as you have ever known it - almost as good as I can remember . " The carriage which you supposed made rough by my weakness was the common Salisbury stage , high hung , and driven ...
... look and talk . The general health of my body is as good as you have ever known it - almost as good as I can remember . " The carriage which you supposed made rough by my weakness was the common Salisbury stage , high hung , and driven ...
Page 151
... look that cut me to the heart , told me , that he had the prospect of death before him , and that he dreaded ́to meet his Saviour . I could not but be astonished at such a declaration , and advised him , as I had done once before , to ...
... look that cut me to the heart , told me , that he had the prospect of death before him , and that he dreaded ́to meet his Saviour . I could not but be astonished at such a declaration , and advised him , as I had done once before , to ...
Page 152
... look on himself as the greatest sinner that he knows of . ' At the conclusion of this argument , which he strongly enforced , he uttered this passionate exclamation , - " Shall I , who have been a teacher of others , myself be a ...
... look on himself as the greatest sinner that he knows of . ' At the conclusion of this argument , which he strongly enforced , he uttered this passionate exclamation , - " Shall I , who have been a teacher of others , myself be a ...
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