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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... person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we not rather believe that the person who then assumed the name of Richard Savage was an impostor , being in reality the son of the shoemaker , under whose wife's care Lady ...
... person whose life Johnson wrote , was her son ; or shall we not rather believe that the person who then assumed the name of Richard Savage was an impostor , being in reality the son of the shoemaker , under whose wife's care Lady ...
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... person who had never heard of any one of them . Some of the characters are believed to have been actually drawn from ... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . - MALONE . legacy - hunting . He ...
... person who had never heard of any one of them . Some of the characters are believed to have been actually drawn from ... person , and the finery of his dress , was the person meant under that character . - MALONE . legacy - hunting . He ...
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... person's child may be made the child of another person by adoption , as among the Romans , or by the ancient Jewish mode of a wife having children borne to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a different ...
... person's child may be made the child of another person by adoption , as among the Romans , or by the ancient Jewish mode of a wife having children borne to her upon her knees , by her handmaid . But these were children in a different ...
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