Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 20
... afterwards M. P. from Southwark , whose brewery and borough house stood on or adjacent to the site of the old Globe theatre . He also had a house in Brighton , by the sea . Mr. Thrale was of the new species of gentleman rising in ...
... afterwards M. P. from Southwark , whose brewery and borough house stood on or adjacent to the site of the old Globe theatre . He also had a house in Brighton , by the sea . Mr. Thrale was of the new species of gentleman rising in ...
Page 44
... afterwards corresponded . Her name was Hill Boothby . At Ashbourne , also , lived the Rev. John Taylor , a schoolmate at Lichfield and Oxford , afterwards prebendary at Westminster . Taylor was a type of the non - ascetic , opulent ...
... afterwards corresponded . Her name was Hill Boothby . At Ashbourne , also , lived the Rev. John Taylor , a schoolmate at Lichfield and Oxford , afterwards prebendary at Westminster . Taylor was a type of the non - ascetic , opulent ...
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... afterwards expanded with its membership - it became The Literary Club . Once a week , at the Turk's Head , Gerrard Street , Soho , it met at seven and broke up at a late hour - as late as Johnson could protract it . To him , as Hawkins ...
... afterwards expanded with its membership - it became The Literary Club . Once a week , at the Turk's Head , Gerrard Street , Soho , it met at seven and broke up at a late hour - as late as Johnson could protract it . To him , as Hawkins ...
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