Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late John Coakley Lettsom ...: With a Selection from His Correspondence, Volume 2Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1817 - Physicians |
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... Lettsom to Sir M. Martin .. 101. Sir M. Martin to Dr. Lettsom . 102. Sir M. Martin to the same 103. Sir M. Martin to the same 104. Sir M. Martin to the same 105. Dr. Lettsom to Sir M. Martin 106. Dr. Lettsom to the Rev. J. Plumptre 107 ...
... Lettsom to Sir M. Martin .. 101. Sir M. Martin to Dr. Lettsom . 102. Sir M. Martin to the same 103. Sir M. Martin to the same 104. Sir M. Martin to the same 105. Dr. Lettsom to Sir M. Martin 106. Dr. Lettsom to the Rev. J. Plumptre 107 ...
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... LETTSOM . Dear Sir , Sept. 17 , 1791 . I hope no one who has ever heard me mention your name thinks any thing was wanting to en- hance my veneration of your character ; but when a man , who tells me in one letter " that with an income ...
... LETTSOM . Dear Sir , Sept. 17 , 1791 . I hope no one who has ever heard me mention your name thinks any thing was wanting to en- hance my veneration of your character ; but when a man , who tells me in one letter " that with an income ...
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... proudest and sublimest of all man's gifts ! My eldest son leaves me next Monday , to spend two years on the Continent of Europe . He travels under the care of my worthy friend Dr. Sims , 62 DR . LETTSOM . Dr Lettsom to the same.
... proudest and sublimest of all man's gifts ! My eldest son leaves me next Monday , to spend two years on the Continent of Europe . He travels under the care of my worthy friend Dr. Sims , 62 DR . LETTSOM . Dr Lettsom to the same.
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Page 144 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 382 - My work is done ; I have nothing to do but to go to my heavenly Father !" Let us, therefore, under a firm conviction of her felicity, endeavour to follow her as she followed the Redeemer.
Page 450 - I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence ; for invention and improvement are prolific and beget more of their kind. The present progress is rapid. Many of great importance, now unthought of, will before that period be produced ; and then I might not only enjoy their advantages, but have my curiosity gratified by knowing what they are to be.
Page 443 - How pitiful, in the eye of reason and religion, is that false ambition, which desolates the world with fire and sword for the purposes of conquest and fame, when compared to the milder virtues of making our neighbours and our fellow men as happy as their frail conditions and perishable natures will permit them to be!
Page 116 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 138 - And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged...
Page 457 - He can make the wrath of man to praise Him, and the remainder of wrath He can restrain.
Page 197 - A standard was fixed for a long pole, at 'the extremity of which was fastened a chair, on this the woman was placed, and soused three times under water till almost suffocated. At Liverpool, the standard was fixed in the court, and a bath made on purpose for ducking; but why in a prison this wanton and dangerous severity was exercised on women, and not on men, I could no where learn.
Page 527 - I have, however, inclosed thee a couple of pamphlets, proving he got it from Mr. Fitch, of Philadelphia. These pamphlets were published before I had any thing to do in the affair, and on becoming acquainted with it fully, I purchased four shares, or one tenth, of Mr.
Page 151 - Where, on his bed of wool and matted leaves, He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play : He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears, and stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm. And anger insignificantly fierce.