The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 1949 |
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... Lichfield in 1731 , at the age of seventy - six . Sarah Ford , his wife , was born at King's - Norton , in the county of Worcester , in 1669 , and died at Lichfield , in January 1759 , in her ninetieth year . - King's- Norton Dr ...
... Lichfield in 1731 , at the age of seventy - six . Sarah Ford , his wife , was born at King's - Norton , in the county of Worcester , in 1669 , and died at Lichfield , in January 1759 , in her ninetieth year . - King's- Norton Dr ...
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... Lichfield ; and , being a man of good sense , and skill in his trade , he acquired a reasonable share of wealth , of which however he afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully in a manufacture of parchment . He was ...
... Lichfield ; and , being a man of good sense , and skill in his trade , he acquired a reasonable share of wealth , of which however he afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully in a manufacture of parchment . He was ...
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... Lichfield , is ascertained by the testimony of a lady , who , in a paper with which I have been favoured by a ... Lichfield in 1776. M. ] education , while he was yet at Lichfield he used 40 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
... Lichfield , is ascertained by the testimony of a lady , who , in a paper with which I have been favoured by a ... Lichfield in 1776. M. ] education , while he was yet at Lichfield he used 40 The Life of Dr. Johnson.
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