Young Samuel JohnsonOxford University Press, 1955 - 367 pages |
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Page 180
... Birch's lack of taste and the numbing dullness of his prose style . That anyone in the twentieth century would want to read Tom Birch's letters would have astounded Walpole . But what Birch wrote and saved is invaluable for historians ...
... Birch's lack of taste and the numbing dullness of his prose style . That anyone in the twentieth century would want to read Tom Birch's letters would have astounded Walpole . But what Birch wrote and saved is invaluable for historians ...
Page 194
... Birch was extravagant with compliments and pursued her with invitations to dinner . He may even have hoped for a ... Birch and Miss Carter , perhaps as a kind of chaperon in their incipient romance . Then during the early winter there ...
... Birch was extravagant with compliments and pursued her with invitations to dinner . He may even have hoped for a ... Birch and Miss Carter , perhaps as a kind of chaperon in their incipient romance . Then during the early winter there ...
Page 344
... Birch to P. Yorke of July 7 , 21 , 1744 ; Yorke to Birch of July 8 . 19. Hazen , op . cit . , p . 129 . 20. Johns . Misc . , I , 378-379 . Johnson was probably not living in Exeter Street in the early 1740's . Murphy was writing from ...
... Birch to P. Yorke of July 7 , 21 , 1744 ; Yorke to Birch of July 8 . 19. Hazen , op . cit . , p . 129 . 20. Johns . Misc . , I , 378-379 . Johnson was probably not living in Exeter Street in the early 1740's . Murphy was writing from ...
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