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... writing ; I hope to mend that and my other faults . Let me have your prayers . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Cobb , and ... write , because you are desirous to hear from me . " My disorder has now begun its ninth week , for it is not yet ...
... writing ; I hope to mend that and my other faults . Let me have your prayers . " Make my compliments to Mrs. Cobb , and ... write , because you are desirous to hear from me . " My disorder has now begun its ninth week , for it is not yet ...
Pagina 16
... write Latin billets to each other . " Such a scene , & c . " exclaims Mrs. Thrale , " did I never see . " “ You , ” said Johnson , are " timidè and gelidè , ” finding that his friend had prescribed palliative not drastic remedies . " It ...
... write Latin billets to each other . " Such a scene , & c . " exclaims Mrs. Thrale , " did I never see . " “ You , ” said Johnson , are " timidè and gelidè , ” finding that his friend had prescribed palliative not drastic remedies . " It ...
Pagina 17
... write for himself . The following are extracts from letters addressed by Dr. Johnson to one of his daughters : " You will easily believe with what gladness I read that you had heard once again that voice to which we have all so often ...
... write for himself . The following are extracts from letters addressed by Dr. Johnson to one of his daughters : " You will easily believe with what gladness I read that you had heard once again that voice to which we have all so often ...
Pagina 21
... write to Mrs. Aston , and to Lucy . " 19. — I rose late . I was visited by Mrs. Thrale , Mr. Cotton , and Mr. Crofts3 . I took Lawrence's paper in hand , but was chill ; having fasted yesterday , I was hungry , and dined freely , then ...
... write to Mrs. Aston , and to Lucy . " 19. — I rose late . I was visited by Mrs. Thrale , Mr. Cotton , and Mr. Crofts3 . I took Lawrence's paper in hand , but was chill ; having fasted yesterday , I was hungry , and dined freely , then ...
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... write to [ Mrs. ] Gastrel 2 to - morrow . " To look again into Hammond . " 30. - Saturday . Visitors , Paradise , and I think Horsley . Read 11 pages of the Bible . I was faint ; dined on herrings and potatoes . At prayers , I think ...
... write to [ Mrs. ] Gastrel 2 to - morrow . " To look again into Hammond . " 30. - Saturday . Visitors , Paradise , and I think Horsley . Read 11 pages of the Bible . I was faint ; dined on herrings and potatoes . At prayers , I think ...
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Pagina 177 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Pagina 19 - 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...
Pagina 108 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, •and ought to be diminished ?
Pagina 431 - In this work, when it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed...
Pagina 18 - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.
Pagina 249 - Mr. Windham has been here to see me ; he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half, perhaps I make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of literature ; and there Windham is, inter Stellas* Luna minores.
Pagina 262 - And while it shall please Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done, and little to be known, teach me by thy Holy Spirit, to withdraw my mind from unprofitable and dangerous enquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved.
Pagina 287 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Pagina 176 - But may not a man attain to such a degree of hope as not to be uneasy from the fear of death?" JOHNSON. "A man may have such a degree of hope as to keep him quiet. You see I am not quiet, from the vehemence with which I talk; but I do not despair." MRS. ADAMS. " You seem, Sir, to forget the merits of our Redeemer.
Pagina 265 - Pride was the source of that refusal, and the remembrance of it was painful. A few years ago I desired to atone for this fault.