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... wrote him one letter to introduce Mr. Sinclair ( now Sir John ) , the member for Caithness , to his acquaintance ; and informed him in another , that my wife had again been affected with alarming symptoms of illness . In 1782 , his ...
... wrote him one letter to introduce Mr. Sinclair ( now Sir John ) , the member for Caithness , to his acquaintance ; and informed him in another , that my wife had again been affected with alarming symptoms of illness . In 1782 , his ...
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... wrote to Dr. Lawrence concerning his own health , to use the Latin language . I have been favoured by Miss Lawrence with one of these letters as a specimen : T. LAWRENCIO , Medico , S. " Novum frigus , nova tussis , nova spirandi dif ...
... wrote to Dr. Lawrence concerning his own health , to use the Latin language . I have been favoured by Miss Lawrence with one of these letters as a specimen : T. LAWRENCIO , Medico , S. " Novum frigus , nova tussis , nova spirandi dif ...
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... wrote to him at different dates ; regretted that I could not come to London this spring , but hoped we should meet somewhere in the summer ; mentioned the state of my affairs , and suggested hopes of some preferment ; informed him ...
... wrote to him at different dates ; regretted that I could not come to London this spring , but hoped we should meet somewhere in the summer ; mentioned the state of my affairs , and suggested hopes of some preferment ; informed him ...
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... wrote to him , that in " The Morning Chronicle , " a passage in " The Beauties of Johnson , " article DEATH , had been pointed out as supposed by some readers to recommend suicide , the words being , " To die is the fate of man ; but to ...
... wrote to him , that in " The Morning Chronicle , " a passage in " The Beauties of Johnson , " article DEATH , had been pointed out as supposed by some readers to recommend suicide , the words being , " To die is the fate of man ; but to ...
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... wrote him a very polite and grateful letter . 66 DR . JOHNSON TO MRS . BOSWELL . " DEAR LADY , " I HAVE not often received so much pleasure as from your invitation to Auchinleck . The journey thither and back is , indeed , too great for ...
... wrote him a very polite and grateful letter . 66 DR . JOHNSON TO MRS . BOSWELL . " DEAR LADY , " I HAVE not often received so much pleasure as from your invitation to Auchinleck . The journey thither and back is , indeed , too great for ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance afraid answered appeared Ashbourne asked asthma attention August 19 authour believe Bennet Langton Bishop Brocklesby Burney character Club compliments consider conversation curious death dined dropsy edition eminent expressed favour Francis Barber gentleman give glad happy honour Hoole hope humble servant JAMES BOSWELL kind lady Langton learned less letter Levett Lichfield literary live London Lord Lord Eliot Lordship LUCY PORTER Lusiad madam manner mentioned merit mind Miss never obliged observed occasion once opinion Pembroke College perhaps physicians pleased pleasure pounds Pray prayers pretty woman publick received recollect remarkable respect SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed shew shewn sick sincere Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told verses Windham wish wonder write written wrote young
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Página 165 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Página 24 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Página 198 - Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Página 314 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Página 292 - Signed, sealed, published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Página 166 - Bacon upon this subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child.
Página 220 - Veneration for his virtue, reverence for his talents, delight in his conversation, and habitual endurance of a yoke my husband first put upon me, and of which he contentedly bore his share for sixteen or seventeen years, made me go on so long with Mr. Johnson; but the perpetual confinement I will own to have been terrifying in the first years of our friendship, and irksome in the last; nor could I pretend to support it without help, when my coadjutor was no more.
Página 24 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 182 - It is the most extraordinary thing that has happened in my day. I heard it with my own ears, from his uncle, Lord Westcote. I am so glad to have every evidence of the spiritual world, that I am willing to believe it.
Página 165 - I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called...