The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprising a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ...Routledge, 1867 - 526 pages |
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... Johnson- Account of his Parents - Anecdotes of his Child- hood - Taken to London to receive the Royal Touch for Scrofula - School Days at Lichfield - His Uncle Cornelius Ford , and Cousin the Rev. Dr. Ford- Sent to School at Stourbridge ...
... Johnson- Account of his Parents - Anecdotes of his Child- hood - Taken to London to receive the Royal Touch for Scrofula - School Days at Lichfield - His Uncle Cornelius Ford , and Cousin the Rev. Dr. Ford- Sent to School at Stourbridge ...
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... Johnson , and Record of Conversations on these Occasions 101 - 115 CHAP . XIV . 1763-1765 - Johnson accompanies Bos . well to Harwich , on his intended Foreign Tour- Fellow Passengers and Conversation on the Road- Boswell embarks ...
... Johnson , and Record of Conversations on these Occasions 101 - 115 CHAP . XIV . 1763-1765 - Johnson accompanies Bos . well to Harwich , on his intended Foreign Tour- Fellow Passengers and Conversation on the Road- Boswell embarks ...
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... Johnson expatiates on the Com- forts obtainable at Inns - Dyer's " Fleece " -Grain- ger's " Sugar Cane " -Johnson and Boswell arrive at Birmingham - Legitimation by subsequent Mar- riage - Quakers - Mr . Hector - Mr . Boulton , of Soho ...
... Johnson expatiates on the Com- forts obtainable at Inns - Dyer's " Fleece " -Grain- ger's " Sugar Cane " -Johnson and Boswell arrive at Birmingham - Legitimation by subsequent Mar- riage - Quakers - Mr . Hector - Mr . Boulton , of Soho ...
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... Johnson's Ire against the Americans - Extravagance of Wealth - Revelation -Energy of Johnson's Diction - Demosthenes Tay . lor - Mrs . Cholmondeley - Definition of a Pamphlet -A Lady's Verses on Ireland - Goldsmith's Copy . right - ...
... Johnson's Ire against the Americans - Extravagance of Wealth - Revelation -Energy of Johnson's Diction - Demosthenes Tay . lor - Mrs . Cholmondeley - Definition of a Pamphlet -A Lady's Verses on Ireland - Goldsmith's Copy . right - ...
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... Johnson's Portrait- " Quos Deus vult perdere , " & c . - On Happiness - Jolmson's Powers of Conver- sation - Mr . Welch - Dr . Buchanan - Grub - street- Sir Wm . Chambers - Bishop Hurd - Reserve of Englishmen - Morice Morgann , Derrick ...
... Johnson's Portrait- " Quos Deus vult perdere , " & c . - On Happiness - Jolmson's Powers of Conver- sation - Mr . Welch - Dr . Buchanan - Grub - street- Sir Wm . Chambers - Bishop Hurd - Reserve of Englishmen - Morice Morgann , Derrick ...
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