 | James Boswell - 1874 - 192 páginas
...have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday; I therefore received the holy Sacrament at home, in the room where I communicated with dear...friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am a/raid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is vain to look round and round for that help... | |
 | 1874 - 832 páginas
...proof of this timidity. No one accuses Samuel Johnson of timidity, because we find him exclaiming " O ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful....afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid." And they who are fond of quoting passages, which shew that Erasmus partook of this common shrinking... | |
 | Henry Dening - 1876 - 268 páginas
...environed with the deepest darkness on every side." Listen to Dr. JOHNSON (as given by BOSWELL), " The approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think of that which I know I I cannot avoid.'' Listen to the infidel VOLTAIRE, who cried out to his doctor,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 460 páginas
...have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday ; I therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. 0! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful ! I am afraid to think on that which I know I... | |
 | Marcus Dods - 1891 - 402 páginas
...proof of this timidity. No one accuses Samuel Johnson of timidity, because we find him exclaiming, " O my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful....afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid." And they who are fond of quoting passages, which show that Erasmus partook of this common shrinking... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 páginas
...have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday; I therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams a little before her death.' Life, iv. 270. Hannah More says that ' in St. Clements she partook of the holy sacrament with Johnson,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852 - 344 páginas
...have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday : 1 therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. 0 my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful, 1 am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 páginas
...church yesterday ; I therefore received the holy sacrament 534 JOHNSON'S LETTER TO HIS GOD-CHILD [1784 at home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. 0 ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Crafts - 1906 - 314 páginas
...unfortunate. I wish I had never been born." Boswell gives us these dying messages of Dr. Johnson : " The approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think of that which I know I cannot avoid. It is vain to look round and round for that help which cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 páginas
...have the consent of physicians to go to church yesterday; I therefore received the -holy sacrament at home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. O! my 10 friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot... | |
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Williams, a little before her death. 0! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is vain to look round and round for that help which cannot be had. 
