The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1925 |
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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 in good time enough that night . The Colonel had heard so preferable a character of the George , that he would not put up at the Three Crowns , so that I did not see our host , Wilkins . We found at the George as good ...
... Lichfield in good time enough that night . The Colonel had heard so preferable a character of the George , that he would not put up at the Three Crowns , so that I did not see our host , Wilkins . We found at the George as good ...
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