The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... become a literary hack ; and when Johnson first visited his lodgings at No 6 Wine Office Court , Fleet Street , in May 1761 he had begun to make a name for himself as a contributor to John Newbery's newspaper , the Public Ledger , and ...
... become a literary hack ; and when Johnson first visited his lodgings at No 6 Wine Office Court , Fleet Street , in May 1761 he had begun to make a name for himself as a contributor to John Newbery's newspaper , the Public Ledger , and ...
Page 141
... become a lawyer ; he had no sympathy with his son's literary ambitions and felt nothing but contempt for his unconventional , artistic acquaintances . Nor did he sympathise with his desire to become an officer of the Foot Guards ...
... become a lawyer ; he had no sympathy with his son's literary ambitions and felt nothing but contempt for his unconventional , artistic acquaintances . Nor did he sympathise with his desire to become an officer of the Foot Guards ...
Page 337
... become of your fine new House ? I hear no more of it ? ” . . . She was obliged to answer him ; and soon grew so frightened - as everybody does , —that she was as civil as ever ! ' ... She did not remain so . At a subsequent dinner party ...
... become of your fine new House ? I hear no more of it ? ” . . . She was obliged to answer him ; and soon grew so frightened - as everybody does , —that she was as civil as ever ! ' ... She did not remain so . At a subsequent dinner party ...
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