Mr. Oddity, Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Collier Books, 1951 - 288 pages |
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... Johnson in the forty - seventh year of his age . He sits behind a table with ... Johnson peers forth with steady , open gaze , a new wig on his head , which ... told Boswell ex- uberantly had read The Rambler with so much admiration that ...
... Johnson in the forty - seventh year of his age . He sits behind a table with ... Johnson peers forth with steady , open gaze , a new wig on his head , which ... told Boswell ex- uberantly had read The Rambler with so much admiration that ...
Page 133
... Johnson about it . Johnson told him that when he went there to study , he did not tell his servant so that Bar- ber would not have to say his master was not at home when he actually was . " A servant's strict regard for truth , " he said ...
... Johnson about it . Johnson told him that when he went there to study , he did not tell his servant so that Bar- ber would not have to say his master was not at home when he actually was . " A servant's strict regard for truth , " he said ...
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... Johnson considered his friend's piety to be exemplary , he asked Langton to ... Johnson thanked him — but that was before he had perused the paper . Johnson ... told Boswell , who told Burke . " It is well , " said Burke , " if when a ...
... Johnson considered his friend's piety to be exemplary , he asked Langton to ... Johnson thanked him — but that was before he had perused the paper . Johnson ... told Boswell , who told Burke . " It is well , " said Burke , " if when a ...
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