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" His legs were so slender, 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 dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. "
The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives - Page 91
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson

Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 290 pages
...was contracted. His legs were so slender 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 dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very...
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Twenty Questions: (posed by Poems)

J. D. McClatchy - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 236 pages
...contracted. (57) His legs were so slender, 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 dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very...
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Johnson, Writing, and Memory

Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 238 pages
...was contracted. His legs were so slender 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 dress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very difficult for...
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Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 1

Medicine - 1856 - 720 pages
...flannel waistcoat. His legs were so slender that he enlarged their bulk with three pairs of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid, for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and he ueither went to bed nor rose without help." ;< His frequent attacks...
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The Magazine of Health, Volume 1

1836 - 362 pages
...flannel waistcoat. His legs were so slender, thar he enlarged theit bulk with three pairs of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid ; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and he neither went to bed nor rose without help." This extraordinary necessity...
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