Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Bell Publishing Company, 1951 - 348 pages |
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Page 27
... noted : " My mother had a very difficult and dangerous labor , and was as- sisted by George Hector , a man - midwife of great reputation . I was born almost dead , and could not cry for some time . When he had me in his arms , he said ...
... noted : " My mother had a very difficult and dangerous labor , and was as- sisted by George Hector , a man - midwife of great reputation . I was born almost dead , and could not cry for some time . When he had me in his arms , he said ...
Page 116
... noted of their guest : " He did not appear to the best advantage at the hour of repast . " She also noted : " His best dress was very mean . " But it was otherwise when he be- gan to talk . Reynolds had not only read Richard Savage ; he ...
... noted of their guest : " He did not appear to the best advantage at the hour of repast . " She also noted : " His best dress was very mean . " But it was otherwise when he be- gan to talk . Reynolds had not only read Richard Savage ; he ...
Page 327
... noted . " Seventy people to dinner . " The library was also thronged , with hovering ghosts . III Boswell's Life of Johnson appeared in May , 1791. She read it at once , laughing and crying by turns . She differed - she differed ...
... noted . " Seventy people to dinner . " The library was also thronged , with hovering ghosts . III Boswell's Life of Johnson appeared in May , 1791. She read it at once , laughing and crying by turns . She differed - she differed ...
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