The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Band 4G. Bell and sons, 1889 |
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... dropsy ; but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy , from which he had , two hours before we came , strove to awaken himself by blisters : they were both deaf , and scarce able to speak besides ; one ...
... dropsy ; but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy , from which he had , two hours before we came , strove to awaken himself by blisters : they were both deaf , and scarce able to speak besides ; one ...
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... dropsy . It was a very severe winter , which probably aggravated his complaints ; and the solitude in which Mr. Levett and Mrs. Williams had left him rendered his life very gloomy . Mrs. Desmoulins , who still lived , was herself so ...
... dropsy . It was a very severe winter , which probably aggravated his complaints ; and the solitude in which Mr. Levett and Mrs. Williams had left him rendered his life very gloomy . Mrs. Desmoulins , who still lived , was herself so ...
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... dropsy gains ground upon me my legs and thighs are very much swollen with water , which I should be content if I could keep there ; but I am afraid that it will soon be higher . My nights are very sleepless and very tedious , and yet I ...
... dropsy gains ground upon me my legs and thighs are very much swollen with water , which I should be content if I could keep there ; but I am afraid that it will soon be higher . My nights are very sleepless and very tedious , and yet I ...
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... dropsy , but received by the mercy of God sudden and unexpected relief last Thursday by the discharge of twenty pints of water . Whether I shall continue free , or shall fill again , cannot be told . Pray for me . Death , my dear , is ...
... dropsy , but received by the mercy of God sudden and unexpected relief last Thursday by the discharge of twenty pints of water . Whether I shall continue free , or shall fill again , cannot be told . Pray for me . Death , my dear , is ...
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... dropsy gains ground upon him ; and he seems to think that a warmer climate would do him good . I understand he is now rather better , and is using vinegar of squills . I am , & c . , " JAMES BOSWELL . " All of them paid the most polite ...
... dropsy gains ground upon him ; and he seems to think that a warmer climate would do him good . I understand he is now rather better , and is using vinegar of squills . I am , & c . , " JAMES BOSWELL . " All of them paid the most polite ...
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