The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... mother , says Johnson , had not much hap- piness from each other . They seldom conversed ; for my father could not bear to talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of any thing else . Had my ...
... mother , says Johnson , had not much hap- piness from each other . They seldom conversed ; for my father could not bear to talk of his affairs ; and my mother , being unacquainted with books , cared not to talk of any thing else . Had my ...
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... mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to ...
... mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to ...
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... mother took him up to London . His mother then purchased for him a small silver cup and spoon , which cup , said he , " was one of the last pieces of plate which dear Tetty sold in our dis- tress . I have now the spoon . She bought at ...
... mother took him up to London . His mother then purchased for him a small silver cup and spoon , which cup , said he , " was one of the last pieces of plate which dear Tetty sold in our dis- tress . I have now the spoon . She bought at ...
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... mother , who continued her pious cares with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgment . Sunday , " said he , " was a heavy day to me when I was a boy . My mother confined me on that day , and made me read The Whole Duty of ...
... mother , who continued her pious cares with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgment . Sunday , " said he , " was a heavy day to me when I was a boy . My mother confined me on that day , and made me read The Whole Duty of ...
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... mother , his future wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's , and gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for the verses Dr. Johnson ...
... mother , his future wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's , and gave them to Lucy in the presence of my mother , to whom he showed them on the instant . She used to repeat them to me , when I asked her for the verses Dr. Johnson ...
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