The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Christopher Hibbert. List of Illustrations facing page I The Market Place , Lichfield 52 2 Michael Johnson , Samuel's father 52 3 Lichfield as seen across Stowe Pool 53 4 Lichfield Grammar School where Johnson was educated from 1717 to ...
Christopher Hibbert. List of Illustrations facing page I The Market Place , Lichfield 52 2 Michael Johnson , Samuel's father 52 3 Lichfield as seen across Stowe Pool 53 4 Lichfield Grammar School where Johnson was educated from 1717 to ...
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... Lichfield , Johnson walked the fifteen miles to Birmingham . He wanted to consult his godfather , Dr Samuel Swynfen , who as a young man practising in Lichfield had lived with Michael and Sarah Johnson and had moved to Birmingham in ...
... Lichfield , Johnson walked the fifteen miles to Birmingham . He wanted to consult his godfather , Dr Samuel Swynfen , who as a young man practising in Lichfield had lived with Michael and Sarah Johnson and had moved to Birmingham in ...
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... Lichfield , Oxford , Ashbourne and the south coast . In the autumn of 1769 , after visits earlier in the year to Lichfield and , with Miss Williams , to Oxford , he went on holiday with the Thrales to Brighton which ever since the ...
... Lichfield , Oxford , Ashbourne and the south coast . In the autumn of 1769 , after visits earlier in the year to Lichfield and , with Miss Williams , to Oxford , he went on holiday with the Thrales to Brighton which ever since the ...
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