Samuel Johnson and the Life of WritingHarcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1971 - 303 pages |
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... Thrale of Southwark and Streatham , who met him in 1765 and on whose premises Johnson delighted to express his play- fulness , his fondness for children , and his devotion to copious dining . The Male Cinderella had metamorphosed ...
... Thrale of Southwark and Streatham , who met him in 1765 and on whose premises Johnson delighted to express his play- fulness , his fondness for children , and his devotion to copious dining . The Male Cinderella had metamorphosed ...
Page 276
... Thrale in 1776 about the death of her nine - year- old son Harry , " He is gone , and we are going . " Mrs. Thrale herself , a bright reader , sensed the quantum of elegy and perceived the autobiographical thrust in the Lives . Just ...
... Thrale in 1776 about the death of her nine - year- old son Harry , " He is gone , and we are going . " Mrs. Thrale herself , a bright reader , sensed the quantum of elegy and perceived the autobiographical thrust in the Lives . Just ...
Page 302
... Thrale , Harry ( Mrs. Thrale's son ) , 78 , 276 Thrale , Henry , 31 , 43 , 51 , 76 , 81-2 , 274 , 276 Thrale , Hester Lynch , 31 , 33 , 47 , 58 , 76 , 78 , 80 , 93 , 97 , 111 , 126 , 159 , 204 , 226 , 235 , 236 , 245 , 251 , 253 , 276-7 ...
... Thrale , Harry ( Mrs. Thrale's son ) , 78 , 276 Thrale , Henry , 31 , 43 , 51 , 76 , 81-2 , 274 , 276 Thrale , Hester Lynch , 31 , 33 , 47 , 58 , 76 , 78 , 80 , 93 , 97 , 111 , 126 , 159 , 204 , 226 , 235 , 236 , 245 , 251 , 253 , 276-7 ...
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