The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1Gabriel Wells, 1922 |
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... Michael for some years at Lichfield , set up for himself at Birmingham , where , although he had a good shop and in 1702 published the town's first known book , he contrived to die quite poor . The Doctor's father , Michael Johnson ...
... Michael for some years at Lichfield , set up for himself at Birmingham , where , although he had a good shop and in 1702 published the town's first known book , he contrived to die quite poor . The Doctor's father , Michael Johnson ...
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... Michael Johnson probably arose when she visited her sister , Mrs. Harrison , at Lichfield . How long they spent in courting we know not , but certain it is that their marriage took place at Packwood in 1706. Very soon afterwards Michael ...
... Michael Johnson probably arose when she visited her sister , Mrs. Harrison , at Lichfield . How long they spent in courting we know not , but certain it is that their marriage took place at Packwood in 1706. Very soon afterwards Michael ...
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... Michael Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature SAMUEL ...
... Michael Johnson was a man of a large and robust body , and of a strong and active mind ; yet , as in the most solid rocks veins of unsound substance are often discovered , there was in him a mixture of that disease , the nature SAMUEL ...
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