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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pages |
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... told me , that he remembered distinctly having had the first notion of Heaven , " a place to which good people went , " and Hell , " a place to which bad people went , " communicated to him by her , when a little child in bed with her ...
... told me , that he remembered distinctly having had the first notion of Heaven , " a place to which good people went , " and Hell , " a place to which bad people went , " communicated to him by her , when a little child in bed with her ...
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... told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petti- coats , and had learned to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the Common ...
... told me in his presence at Lichfield , in 1776 , by his step - daughter , Mrs. Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petti- coats , and had learned to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the Common ...
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... told him that he resembled an able performer upon a bad instrument . How. 1 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has never- theless , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of ...
... told him that he resembled an able performer upon a bad instrument . How. 1 This anecdote of the duck , though disproved by internal and external evidence , has never- theless , upon supposition of its truth , been made the foundation of ...
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... told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a ...
... told me she could read the black letter , and asked him to borrow for her , from his father , a Bible in that character . When he was going to Oxford , she came to take leave of him , brought him , in the simplicity of her kindness , a ...
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... told me , that " he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of ...
... told me , that " he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that Holbrook , one of the most ingenious men , best scholars , and best preachers of his age , was usher during the greatest part of ...
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