The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 141
... Catholic Church , a fact which his father , and indeed most of his friends , never discovered . After three months ' hectic enjoyment of London life , during which he renounced his new faith , he acceded to his father's request to ...
... Catholic Church , a fact which his father , and indeed most of his friends , never discovered . After three months ' hectic enjoyment of London life , during which he renounced his new faith , he acceded to his father's request to ...
Page 156
... Catholic physician of whom Johnson had a high opinion and to whom he listened with close attention ; Oliver Goldsmith , Topham Beauclerk , Bennet Langton and Edmund Burke . Burke , then little known as an author and not yet a Member of ...
... Catholic physician of whom Johnson had a high opinion and to whom he listened with close attention ; Oliver Goldsmith , Topham Beauclerk , Bennet Langton and Edmund Burke . Burke , then little known as an author and not yet a Member of ...
Page 338
... Catholic and so she would have to change her religion , simply in order to marry him , not from conviction . 2 Johnson even accepted Garrick's over - frolicsome behaviour without irritation when it was accompanied with congratulations ...
... Catholic and so she would have to change her religion , simply in order to marry him , not from conviction . 2 Johnson even accepted Garrick's over - frolicsome behaviour without irritation when it was accompanied with congratulations ...
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