The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr. Norris , a staymaker , in Exeter - street , adjoining Catherine - street , in the ...
... London . He had a little money when he came to town , and he knew how he could live in the cheapest manner . His first lodgings were at the house of Mr. Norris , a staymaker , in Exeter - street , adjoining Catherine - street , in the ...
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... London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one of those ...
... London , there were two sets of people , those who gave the wall , and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome . When I returned to Lichfield , after having been in London , my mother asked me , whether I was one of those ...
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... London as the sink of foreign worthlessness . the common shore , Where France does all her filth and ordure pour . The common shore of Paris and of Rome . OLDHAM . JOHNSON . and , No calling or profession comes amiss , A needy monsieur ...
... London as the sink of foreign worthlessness . the common shore , Where France does all her filth and ordure pour . The common shore of Paris and of Rome . OLDHAM . JOHNSON . and , No calling or profession comes amiss , A needy monsieur ...
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... London was published in May , 1738f ; and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled 1738 ; so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The re- verend Dr. Douglas ...
... London was published in May , 1738f ; and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled 1738 ; so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The re- verend Dr. Douglas ...
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... London , and he felt the hardships of writing for bread ; he was , therefore , willing to resume the office of a school- master , so as to have a sure , though moderate income for his life ; and an offer being made to him of the ...
... London , and he felt the hardships of writing for bread ; he was , therefore , willing to resume the office of a school- master , so as to have a sure , though moderate income for his life ; and an offer being made to him of the ...
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