Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 108
... dear Sir , He sent her Irene . " Your affectionate friend , " H. Boothby . " " Dear Sir , " Perhaps you are the only author in England , who could make a play a very acceptable present to me . But you have . " She was back in Derbyshire ...
... dear Sir , He sent her Irene . " Your affectionate friend , " H. Boothby . " " Dear Sir , " Perhaps you are the only author in England , who could make a play a very acceptable present to me . But you have . " She was back in Derbyshire ...
Page 131
... dear Miss , " I think myself obliged to you beyond all expression of gratitude for your care of my dear mother . God grant it may not be without success . Tell Kitty [ Chambers ] , that I shall never forget her tenderness for her ...
... dear Miss , " I think myself obliged to you beyond all expression of gratitude for your care of my dear mother . God grant it may not be without success . Tell Kitty [ Chambers ] , that I shall never forget her tenderness for her ...
Page 132
... dear , dear Mother , " Your dutiful son , " Sam . Johnson . " The burden of burying Johnson's mother fell on Miss Por- ter and Miss Chambers , the domestic who had been in the Johnson employ since 1725. Miss Chambers had buried John ...
... dear , dear Mother , " Your dutiful son , " Sam . Johnson . " The burden of burying Johnson's mother fell on Miss Por- ter and Miss Chambers , the domestic who had been in the Johnson employ since 1725. Miss Chambers had buried John ...
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