Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.1952 |
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... Lichfield . At that time booksellers ' shops in the provincial towns of England were very rare , so that there was not one even in Birmingham , in which town old Mr. Johnson used to open a shop every market- day . He was a pretty good ...
... Lichfield . At that time booksellers ' shops in the provincial towns of England were very rare , so that there was not one even in Birmingham , in which town old Mr. Johnson used to open a shop every market- day . He was a pretty good ...
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... Lichfield and its inhabitants , who , he said , were " the most sober , decent people in England , the genteelest in proportion to their wealth , and spoke the purest English . " I doubted as to the last article of this eulogy : for ...
... Lichfield and its inhabitants , who , he said , were " the most sober , decent people in England , the genteelest in proportion to their wealth , and spoke the purest English . " I doubted as to the last article of this eulogy : for ...
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... Lichfield , thence to Ashbourne , in Derbyshire , and a week ago I returned to Lichfield . My breath is now much easier , and the water is in a great measure run away , so that I hope to see you again before winter . Please to make my ...
... Lichfield , thence to Ashbourne , in Derbyshire , and a week ago I returned to Lichfield . My breath is now much easier , and the water is in a great measure run away , so that I hope to see you again before winter . Please to make my ...
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