Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 132
... night I told you of a story which I was preparing for the press . " Strahan told Boswell that this story was projected and written to pay for the funeral of Johnson's mother , and such has been the tradition ; but the tradition has been ...
... night I told you of a story which I was preparing for the press . " Strahan told Boswell that this story was projected and written to pay for the funeral of Johnson's mother , and such has been the tradition ; but the tradition has been ...
Page 164
... night before the volumes went on sale he had some friends in to sup with him . They stayed up all night . Around five o'clock in the morning , Johnson looked at his watch , and with mock concern cried out : " This is sport to you ...
... night before the volumes went on sale he had some friends in to sup with him . They stayed up all night . Around five o'clock in the morning , Johnson looked at his watch , and with mock concern cried out : " This is sport to you ...
Page 202
... night lay wrapped in flannel , with his bed pushed close to the hearth , rising at two - hour intervals to warm himself directly before the flames . Once more , he sought distraction in travel and went to Lich- field . To Reynolds he ...
... night lay wrapped in flannel , with his bed pushed close to the hearth , rising at two - hour intervals to warm himself directly before the flames . Once more , he sought distraction in travel and went to Lich- field . To Reynolds he ...
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