The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.P.F. Collier and Son, 1901 |
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Page 46
... taken from an ingenious epigram in the ' Menagiana , ' vol . iii . p . 876 , edit . 1716 , on a young lady who appeared at a masquerade , habillée en Jésuite , during the fierce contentions of the followers of Molinos and Jansenius ...
... taken from an ingenious epigram in the ' Menagiana , ' vol . iii . p . 876 , edit . 1716 , on a young lady who appeared at a masquerade , habillée en Jésuite , during the fierce contentions of the followers of Molinos and Jansenius ...
Page 65
... taken musk : the first night was a worse night than common , the second , a better ; but not so much better as that I dare ascribe any virtue to the medicine . I took a scruple each time . " " Oct. 81 , 1778 . " Joshua has finished my ...
... taken musk : the first night was a worse night than common , the second , a better ; but not so much better as that I dare ascribe any virtue to the medicine . I took a scruple each time . " " Oct. 81 , 1778 . " Joshua has finished my ...
Page 67
... taken shelter under his roof , and who , in his absence from home , brought thither their children , found cause to murmur ; " their provision of food was scanty , or their dinners ill - dressed ; " all which he chose to endure , rather ...
... taken shelter under his roof , and who , in his absence from home , brought thither their children , found cause to murmur ; " their provision of food was scanty , or their dinners ill - dressed ; " all which he chose to endure , rather ...
Page 73
... taken up here . " I got my Lives , not yet quite printed , put neatly together , and sent them to the king : what he says of them I know not . If the king is a Whig , he will not like them : but is any klag- Wijg j VOL . I 929 na ...
... taken up here . " I got my Lives , not yet quite printed , put neatly together , and sent them to the king : what he says of them I know not . If the king is a Whig , he will not like them : but is any klag- Wijg j VOL . I 929 na ...
Page 92
... taken physic four days together . " Saturday . Mrs. Aston took me out in her chaise , and was very kind . 1 1 Dr. Johnson made this year his usual excursion into the midland counties ; but his visi was shortened by the alarming illness ...
... taken physic four days together . " Saturday . Mrs. Aston took me out in her chaise , and was very kind . 1 1 Dr. Johnson made this year his usual excursion into the midland counties ; but his visi was shortened by the alarming illness ...
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