The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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... told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that ...
... told me , that from his earliest years he loved to read poetry , but hardly ever read any poem to an end ; that he read Shakspeare at a period so early , that the speech of the Ghost in Hamlet terrified him when he was alone ; that ...
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... told me , that Johnson wrote it , that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral , and pay some little debts which she had left . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that he composed it in the evenings of one week ...
... told me , that Johnson wrote it , that with the profits he might defray the expence of his mother's funeral , and pay some little debts which she had left . He told Sir Joshua Reynolds , that he composed it in the evenings of one week ...
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... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
... told me , that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Lough- borough , was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me , that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without ...
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