The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 |
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... Thrale's , where I can use all the freedom that sickness requires . Do not , there- fore , take it amiss , that I am not with you and Dr. Farmer . I hope hereafter to see you often . I am , sir , your most humble servant , " SAM ...
... Thrale's , where I can use all the freedom that sickness requires . Do not , there- fore , take it amiss , that I am not with you and Dr. Farmer . I hope hereafter to see you often . I am , sir , your most humble servant , " SAM ...
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... Thrale saw them hold together in Essex - street one day in the year 1781 or 1782 was a singular and melancholy one . Dr. John- son was exceedingly ill , and she accompanied him thither for advice . The physician was , however , in some ...
... Thrale saw them hold together in Essex - street one day in the year 1781 or 1782 was a singular and melancholy one . Dr. John- son was exceedingly ill , and she accompanied him thither for advice . The physician was , however , in some ...
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... Thrale , " did I never see . " “ You , ” said Johnson , are “ timidè and gelidè ; ” finding that his friend had prescribed palliative not drastic remedies . " It is not me , " replies poor Lawrence , in an interrupted voice ; " tis ...
... Thrale , " did I never see . " “ You , ” said Johnson , are “ timidè and gelidè ; ” finding that his friend had prescribed palliative not drastic remedies . " It is not me , " replies poor Lawrence , in an interrupted voice ; " tis ...
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... Thrale , a man whose eye for fifteen years had scarcely been turned upon me but with respect or tenderness ; for such another friend , the general course of human things will not suffer man to hope . I passed the summer at Streatham ...
... Thrale , a man whose eye for fifteen years had scarcely been turned upon me but with respect or tenderness ; for such another friend , the general course of human things will not suffer man to hope . I passed the summer at Streatham ...
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... Thrale , and Nicolaida1 ; afterwards Dr. Hunter 2 came for his catalogue . I then dined on tea , & c .; then read over part of Dr. Lawrence's book ' De Tempera- mentis , ' which seems to have been written with a troubled mind . " My ...
... Thrale , and Nicolaida1 ; afterwards Dr. Hunter 2 came for his catalogue . I then dined on tea , & c .; then read over part of Dr. Lawrence's book ' De Tempera- mentis , ' which seems to have been written with a troubled mind . " My ...
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