The Life of Samuel Johnson,L.L.D.Modern Library, 1931 - 1200 pages |
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... Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her 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 ...
... Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her 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 ...
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James Boswell. [ " To MRS . LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . " MY DEAR DEAR LOVE , " Oxford , Apr. 18 , 1768 . " You have had a very great loss . To lose an old friend , is to be cut off from a great part of the ... LUCY PORTER, IN LICHFIELD...
James Boswell. [ " To MRS . LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . " MY DEAR DEAR LOVE , " Oxford , Apr. 18 , 1768 . " You have had a very great loss . To lose an old friend , is to be cut off from a great part of the ... LUCY PORTER, IN LICHFIELD...
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... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD.2 " DEAR MADAM , " THIS week I came home from Paris . I have brought you a little box , which I thought pretty ; but I know not whether it is properly a snuff - box , or a box for some other use . I will send ...
... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD.2 " DEAR MADAM , " THIS week I came home from Paris . I have brought you a little box , which I thought pretty ; but I know not whether it is properly a snuff - box , or a box for some other use . I will send ...
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