The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1National ilustrated library, 1851 |
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... College , on the 31st of October , 1728 , being then in his nineteenth year . The Reverend Dr. Adams , who afterwards presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what ...
... College , on the 31st of October , 1728 , being then in his nineteenth year . The Reverend Dr. Adams , who afterwards presided over Pembroke College with universal esteem , told me he was present , and gave me some account of what ...
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... College , was caressed and loved by all about him , was a gay and frolicsome fellow , and passed there the happiest part of his life . " But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances , and how little any of us know of the ...
... College , was caressed and loved by all about him , was a gay and frolicsome fellow , and passed there the happiest part of his life . " But this is a striking proof of the fallacy of appearances , and how little any of us know of the ...
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... college in autumn , 1731 , without a degree , having been a member of it little more than three years . Dr. Adams , the worthy and respectable master of Pembroke College , has generally had the reputation of being Johnson's tutor . The ...
... college in autumn , 1731 , without a degree , having been a member of it little more than three years . Dr. Adams , the worthy and respectable master of Pembroke College , has generally had the reputation of being Johnson's tutor . The ...
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