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Johnson lives in it as he lived of old in his tavern - haunts or dingy Fleet - street homes . And it is a great gain to us when there is found a workman skilful enough to preserve , in this manner , the beauty and the glory of a strong ...
Johnson lives in it as he lived of old in his tavern - haunts or dingy Fleet - street homes . And it is a great gain to us when there is found a workman skilful enough to preserve , in this manner , the beauty and the glory of a strong ...
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But in their earlier days , when both were engaged in my service , they lived on terms of great familiarity : and Johnson told Mrs. Thrale , when she spoke to him of his future biographers , that for anecdotes of his early days in ...
But in their earlier days , when both were engaged in my service , they lived on terms of great familiarity : and Johnson told Mrs. Thrale , when she spoke to him of his future biographers , that for anecdotes of his early days in ...
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... —their mother was consumptive , and died young , a fair Cornish flower transplanted into the wolds of Yorkshire , for which she never was suited , and in which she scarcely lived long enough to become acclimatised .
... —their mother was consumptive , and died young , a fair Cornish flower transplanted into the wolds of Yorkshire , for which she never was suited , and in which she scarcely lived long enough to become acclimatised .
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GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE | 3 |
Autobiography of Sylvanus Urban Chap VI | 11 |
The House of Commons in 1857 | 19 |
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