Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 44
... lived the Rev. John Taylor , a schoolmate at Lichfield and Oxford , afterwards prebendary at Westminster . Taylor was a type of the non - ascetic , opulent clergy who liked the good things of this life and who made England look more ...
... lived the Rev. John Taylor , a schoolmate at Lichfield and Oxford , afterwards prebendary at Westminster . Taylor was a type of the non - ascetic , opulent clergy who liked the good things of this life and who made England look more ...
Page 139
... lived “ in pov- erty , total idleness , and the pride of literature . " But this is not to say Johnson was solitary . II To the Inner Temple chambers came notable visitors- scholars from abroad , with whom Johnson conversed in Latin ...
... lived “ in pov- erty , total idleness , and the pride of literature . " But this is not to say Johnson was solitary . II To the Inner Temple chambers came notable visitors- scholars from abroad , with whom Johnson conversed in Latin ...
Page 328
... lived in great intimacy with him . " ( There was general dissatisfaction with Hawkins's account , and the booksellers turned to Arthur Murphy for a substitute — a happy choice ; for Murphy had not only known Johnson better than the ...
... lived in great intimacy with him . " ( There was general dissatisfaction with Hawkins's account , and the booksellers turned to Arthur Murphy for a substitute — a happy choice ; for Murphy had not only known Johnson better than the ...
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