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The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in the ... - Page 143
by Richard Robert Madden - 1833
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...was contracted. His legs were ib flender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of ftockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs made it f X very...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...was contracted. His legs were fo flender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of ftockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor jofe without help. His weaknefs made it very...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...was contradted. His legs were fo ilender, -that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of ftockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. ' His weaknefs made it very...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...was contracted. His legs were fo flender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of ftockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs made it very...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...waifteoat. One fide was contracted. His legs were fo flender, that he enlarged their bulk with, three pair of Stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid,.; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs, made it very...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...was contracted. His legs were fo flender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of {lockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs made it very...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...was contra&ed. His legs were fo flender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of (lockings, which were drawn on and off. by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs made it very...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...was contracted. His legs were fo Hender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair or' ñockuigs, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drcfs or undrcfs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs made it very...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison ...

1794 - 918 pages
...they were laced. Hit legs were fo Hender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of {lockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drcfs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weaknefs made it very...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...they were laced. Hi* leg« were fo flender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of ftockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to drefs or undrefs himfelf, and neither went to bed nor rofe without help. His weakneft made it very...
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