Samuel JohnsonViking Press, 1975 - 388 pages |
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... wife , as she lay in her bedroom in the handsome three - storied house that dominated the north - eastern end of the square . To Sarah , the day must have seemed a long one . At forty , she was giving birth to her first child , and the ...
... wife , as she lay in her bedroom in the handsome three - storied house that dominated the north - eastern end of the square . To Sarah , the day must have seemed a long one . At forty , she was giving birth to her first child , and the ...
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... wife that she had ' no reason ' to weep over his feelings for Molly he was talking like every husband who is convinced that things would be all right if his wife would only be reasonable . While Johnson's morality was far too strict to ...
... wife that she had ' no reason ' to weep over his feelings for Molly he was talking like every husband who is convinced that things would be all right if his wife would only be reasonable . While Johnson's morality was far too strict to ...
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... wife on the subject of infidelity , ' which my friend had main- tained was by no means so bad in the husband , as in the wife ' , Johnson replied , " Your friend was in the right , Sir . Between a man and his Maker it is a different ...
... wife on the subject of infidelity , ' which my friend had main- tained was by no means so bad in the husband , as in the wife ' , Johnson replied , " Your friend was in the right , Sir . Between a man and his Maker it is a different ...
Contents
Introduction | 13 |
From Wolstan to Werburgh | 58 |
Time of Decision | 68 |
Copyright | |
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