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Page vi
... lived so long , still remains ; but his Bolt Court house is gone , and huge buildings have effaced what was once " Dr. Johnson's Staircase " in Inner Temple Lane . The " Cheshire Cheese " Tavern , which , oddly enough , is never ...
... lived so long , still remains ; but his Bolt Court house is gone , and huge buildings have effaced what was once " Dr. Johnson's Staircase " in Inner Temple Lane . The " Cheshire Cheese " Tavern , which , oddly enough , is never ...
Page vii
... lived in Exeter Street , or whether he quitted and returned to it , is not known ; but in July , 1737 , he was lodging in Church Street , Greenwich , next door to the now non - existent Golden Heart . At Greenwich he proceeded with his ...
... lived in Exeter Street , or whether he quitted and returned to it , is not known ; but in July , 1737 , he was lodging in Church Street , Greenwich , next door to the now non - existent Golden Heart . At Greenwich he proceeded with his ...
Page viii
... lived in the Strand , and then in Boswell Court , 1 which , before the erection of the New Law Courts , ran from Carey Street to the back of St Clement Danes . In March , 1741 , he had lodgings " at the Black Boy , ' over against Durham ...
... lived in the Strand , and then in Boswell Court , 1 which , before the erection of the New Law Courts , ran from Carey Street to the back of St Clement Danes . In March , 1741 , he had lodgings " at the Black Boy , ' over against Durham ...
Page ix
... lived ten years . Hence he sent forth the Vanity of Human Wishes , the Rambler , the essays for Hawkesworth's Adventurer , the Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to ...
... lived ten years . Hence he sent forth the Vanity of Human Wishes , the Rambler , the essays for Hawkesworth's Adventurer , the Dictionary , the Idler , and the proposals for Shakes- peare . Hence , too , he dispatched that epistle to ...
Page x
... lived , " says Arthur Murphy , " in poverty , total idleness , and the pride of literature " ; and a chance caller was surprised to find him , on one occasion , absolutely unprovided with pen , ink , or paper . His library was hidden ...
... lived , " says Arthur Murphy , " in poverty , total idleness , and the pride of literature " ; and a chance caller was surprised to find him , on one occasion , absolutely unprovided with pen , ink , or paper . His library was hidden ...
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