The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... Oxford ; and it was to Oxford - or to Cambridge where Cornelius Ford had been — that Sam longed to escape from the restrictions and limitations of his present life . Dinner at the Garricks ' , visits to the Levetts , discussions and ...
... Oxford ; and it was to Oxford - or to Cambridge where Cornelius Ford had been — that Sam longed to escape from the restrictions and limitations of his present life . Dinner at the Garricks ' , visits to the Levetts , discussions and ...
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... Oxford . He had made a previous visit there at the beginning of the long vacation in 1754 , the first since his undergraduate days , and had evidently enjoyed himself . He had stayed about five weeks , lodging at a house called Kettel ...
... Oxford . He had made a previous visit there at the beginning of the long vacation in 1754 , the first since his undergraduate days , and had evidently enjoyed himself . He had stayed about five weeks , lodging at a house called Kettel ...
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... Oxford University Press , 1941 -Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , ed . R. W. Chapman , Oxford University Press , 1924 ; O.S.A. , 1930 -The Lives of the English Poets ...
... Oxford University Press , 1941 -Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , ed . R. W. Chapman , Oxford University Press , 1924 ; O.S.A. , 1930 -The Lives of the English Poets ...
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