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" His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. "
The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives - Page 91
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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Women's Place in Pope's World

Valerie Rumbold - 1989 - 342 pages
...was contracted. His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very...
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Resemblance & Disgrace: Alexander Pope and the Deformation of Culture

Helen Deutsch - 1996 - 296 pages
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Touchstones: American Poets on a Favorite Poem

Robert Pack, Jay Parini - 1996 - 356 pages
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The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson

Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 pages
...was contracted. His legs were so slender that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very...
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Under Criticism: Essays for William H. Pritchard

David Sofield, Herbert F. Tucker - 1998 - 344 pages
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Twenty Questions: (posed by Poems)

J. D. McClatchy - 1998 - 236 pages
...contracted. (57) His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very...
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The Centennial Review: CR., Volume 10

1966 - 562 pages
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Johnson, Writing, and Memory

Greg Clingham - 2002 - 238 pages
...was contracted. His legs were so slender that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very difficult for...
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The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes

Philip Gooden - 2002 - 520 pages
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Lives Of The English Poets Prior: Congreve

Samuel Johnson - 2004 - 148 pages
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