The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... knowledge untouched . By him , Acquapendente , the great anatomist , confesses that he was informed how vision is performed ; and there are proofs that he was not a stranger to the circulation of the blood . He frequently conversed upon ...
... knowledge untouched . By him , Acquapendente , the great anatomist , confesses that he was informed how vision is performed ; and there are proofs that he was not a stranger to the circulation of the blood . He frequently conversed upon ...
Pàgina 12
... knowledge of it not common in female students . This knowledge , however , she did not live to com- municate to her son ; for she died in 1673 , ten years after her marriage . F His father , finding himself encumbered with the care of ...
... knowledge of it not common in female students . This knowledge , however , she did not live to com- municate to her son ; for she died in 1673 , ten years after her marriage . F His father , finding himself encumbered with the care of ...
Pàgina 15
... knowledge of the Hebrew tongue . Being convinced of the necessity of mathematical learning , he began to study those sciences in 1687 , but without that intense industry with which the pleasure he found in that kind of knowledge in ...
... knowledge of the Hebrew tongue . Being convinced of the necessity of mathematical learning , he began to study those sciences in 1687 , but without that intense industry with which the pleasure he found in that kind of knowledge in ...
Pàgina 17
... knowledge of medicine by way of digression from theological studies , would have been little less than madness in most men , and would have only exposed them to ridicule and contempt . But Boerhaave was one of those mighty genuises , to ...
... knowledge of medicine by way of digression from theological studies , would have been little less than madness in most men , and would have only exposed them to ridicule and contempt . But Boerhaave was one of those mighty genuises , to ...
Pàgina 18
... knowledge he began to read the ancient physicians in the order of time , pursuing his enquiries down- wards from Hippocrates through all the Greek and Latin writers . Finding , as he tells us himself , that Hippocrates was the original ...
... knowledge he began to read the ancient physicians in the order of time , pursuing his enquiries down- wards from Hippocrates through all the Greek and Latin writers . Finding , as he tells us himself , that Hippocrates was the original ...
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Pàgina 413 - I then went to bed, and, strange as it may seem, I think, slept. When I saw light, it was time to contrive what I should do. Though God stopped my speech, he left me my hand: I enjoyed a mercy which was not granted to my dear friend Lawrence, who now perhaps overlooks me as I am writing, and rejoices that I have what he wanted. My first note was necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands.
Pàgina 414 - I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I had some difficulty ; my hand, I knew not how nor why, made wrong letters. I then wrote to Dr. Taylor to come to me, and bring Dr. Heberden : and I sent to Dr.
Pàgina 421 - When Queen Mary took the resolution of sheltering herself in England, the Archbishop of St. Andrew's attempting to dissuade her, attended on her journey and when they came to the irremeable stream that separated the two kingdoms, walked by her side into the water, in the middle of which he seized her bridle, and with earnestness proportioned to her danger and his own affection, pressed her to return. The Queen went forward. If the parallel reaches thus far; may it go no further. The tears stand in...
Pàgina 280 - In his habit of clothing, he had an aversion to all finery, and affected plainness both in the fashion and ornaments. He ever wore a cloak, or boots, when few others did. He kept himself always very warm, and thought it most safe so to do, though he never loaded himself with such a multitude of garments, as Suetonius reports of Augustus, enough to clothe a good family.
Pàgina 337 - This morning I saw at breakfast Dr Blacklock, the blind poet, who does not remember to have seen light, and is read to, by a poor scholar, in Latin, Greek, and French. He was originally a poor scholar himself. I looked on him with reverence.
Pàgina 430 - Thy mercy ; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance ; make this commemoration available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity; and make the death of Thy Son Jesus Christ effectual to my redemption.
Pàgina 430 - ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, I am now, as to human eyes it seems, about to commemorate, for the * last time, the death of thy Son Jesus Christ our Saviour and Redeemer. Grant, O Lord, that my whole hope and confidence may be in his merits and thy mercy ; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance...
Pàgina 413 - I sat for my picture, and walked a considerable way with little inconvenience. In the afternoon and evening I felt myself light and easy, and began to plan schemes of life. Thus I went to bed, and in a short time waked and sat up, as has been long...
Pàgina 285 - A perusal of the Religio Medici will not much contribute to produce a belief of the author's exemption from this father-sin : pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
Pàgina 415 - ... risen. I bullied and bounced, (it sticks to our last sand), and compelled the apothecary to make his salve according to the Edinburgh Dispensatory, that it might adhere better. I have two on now of my own prescription.