The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 42
... charity and loans from friends which he made no pretence of attempting to repay . For some years he was sup- ported by the actress Anne Oldfield ; and Lady Macclesfield's nephew , Lord Tyrconnel , agreed to grant him a pension if he ...
... charity and loans from friends which he made no pretence of attempting to repay . For some years he was sup- ported by the actress Anne Oldfield ; and Lady Macclesfield's nephew , Lord Tyrconnel , agreed to grant him a pension if he ...
Page 84
... charity , his daughter had moved into the Charterhouse to look after him , and the governors , taking exception to this and to the letters of complaint with which he regularly assailed them , expelled them . He had appealed to Johnson ...
... charity , his daughter had moved into the Charterhouse to look after him , and the governors , taking exception to this and to the letters of complaint with which he regularly assailed them , expelled them . He had appealed to Johnson ...
Page 150
... charity , and that its parts were too much detached to make one great whole ' . After disposing of the business of the day in ' an animating blaze of eloquence ' of which Boswell could remember little other than advice to select some ...
... charity , and that its parts were too much detached to make one great whole ' . After disposing of the business of the day in ' an animating blaze of eloquence ' of which Boswell could remember little other than advice to select some ...
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