The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 180
... Thrale's father who ran it so successfully that within eleven years he was able to pay the purchase money . By the time of his death he had acquired a considerable fortune which had provided his only son with an excellent education and ...
... Thrale's father who ran it so successfully that within eleven years he was able to pay the purchase money . By the time of his death he had acquired a considerable fortune which had provided his only son with an excellent education and ...
Page 181
... Thrale was about thirty - five , his wife twenty - four . They had been married just over a year . Hester was the daughter of an ineffectual , ill - tempered and improvident Welsh gentleman who had soon run through the estate left him ...
... Thrale was about thirty - five , his wife twenty - four . They had been married just over a year . Hester was the daughter of an ineffectual , ill - tempered and improvident Welsh gentleman who had soon run through the estate left him ...
Page 235
... Thrale ] , " jump over it directly , and shew them how an Englishman should treat a Welch RIVER . ” ' Hester Lynch Thrale In letters as long as any he had ever brought himself to write , Johnson had kept Mrs Thrale fully informed about ...
... Thrale ] , " jump over it directly , and shew them how an Englishman should treat a Welch RIVER . ” ' Hester Lynch Thrale In letters as long as any he had ever brought himself to write , Johnson had kept Mrs Thrale fully informed about ...
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