The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... servant , " Johnson's Court , Fleet - street , 66 SAM . JOHNSON . January 14 , 1766. " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. John- son in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss ...
... servant , " Johnson's Court , Fleet - street , 66 SAM . JOHNSON . January 14 , 1766. " I returned to London in February , and found Dr. John- son in a good house in Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , in which he had accommodated Miss ...
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... servant , who , he said , would not believe the scriptures , because he could not read them in the original tongues , and be sure that they were not invented . " Why , foolish fellow , " said Johnson , " has he any better authority for ...
... servant , who , he said , would not believe the scriptures , because he could not read them in the original tongues , and be sure that they were not invented . " Why , foolish fellow , " said Johnson , " has he any better authority for ...
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... servants were two maids , and two men in livery . His common way of living , at his table , was three or four dishes ... servants , and distributed out , every day , eight quarts , which is the quantity each day at one hogshead in a ...
... servants were two maids , and two men in livery . His common way of living , at his table , was three or four dishes ... servants , and distributed out , every day , eight quarts , which is the quantity each day at one hogshead in a ...
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... servants ' wages ; and these he paid at the stated times with the utmost exactness . He gave notice to the tradesmen of the neighbouring market - towns that they should no longer have his custom , if they let any of his servants have ...
... servants ' wages ; and these he paid at the stated times with the utmost exactness . He gave notice to the tradesmen of the neighbouring market - towns that they should no longer have his custom , if they let any of his servants have ...
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... servant , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , " May 10 , 1766. " " SAM . JOHNSON . After I had been some time in Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " on my first return to my native country , after some years of absence ...
... servant , " Johnson's - court , Fleet - street , " May 10 , 1766. " " SAM . JOHNSON . After I had been some time in Scotland , I mentioned to him in a letter that " on my first return to my native country , after some years of absence ...
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