Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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... MISS LUCY PORTER , her daughter MISS ANNA SEWARD , the ' Swan of Lichfield ' * MISS ANNA WILLIAMS , another poetical spinster MISS MOLLY ASTON , a beauty and a wit MISS HILL BOOTHBY , Johnson's ' Monitress ' * MISS FRANCES REYNOLDS , a ...
... MISS LUCY PORTER , her daughter MISS ANNA SEWARD , the ' Swan of Lichfield ' * MISS ANNA WILLIAMS , another poetical spinster MISS MOLLY ASTON , a beauty and a wit MISS HILL BOOTHBY , Johnson's ' Monitress ' * MISS FRANCES REYNOLDS , a ...
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... Miss Por- ter and Miss Chambers , the domestic who had been in the Johnson employ since 1725. Miss Chambers had buried John- son's father and brother , the latter " in woollens . " Miss Porter resented the absence of the son , which is ...
... Miss Por- ter and Miss Chambers , the domestic who had been in the Johnson employ since 1725. Miss Chambers had buried John- son's father and brother , the latter " in woollens . " Miss Porter resented the absence of the son , which is ...
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... Miss Burney makes me very proud today . " Mrs. Thrale . " Miss Burney , you must take great care of your heart , if Mr. Johnson attacks it ; for I assure you he is not often successless . " Johnson . " What's that you say , Madam ? Are ...
... Miss Burney makes me very proud today . " Mrs. Thrale . " Miss Burney , you must take great care of your heart , if Mr. Johnson attacks it ; for I assure you he is not often successless . " Johnson . " What's that you say , Madam ? Are ...
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