The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 90
... chiefly with a view of endeavouring to be introduced to its author ' . By a fortunate chance he had taken lodgings in a house where one of the other lodgers was attended by Robert Levett . His landlady introduced him to Levett who had ...
... chiefly with a view of endeavouring to be introduced to its author ' . By a fortunate chance he had taken lodgings in a house where one of the other lodgers was attended by Robert Levett . His landlady introduced him to Levett who had ...
Page 158
... chiefly literary , they talked on all manner of subjects , only politics , ' the most vulgar of all topics ' , being excluded . Johnson led the conversation , ' as indeed he did everywhere ' . The breadth of his knowledge was truly ...
... chiefly literary , they talked on all manner of subjects , only politics , ' the most vulgar of all topics ' , being excluded . Johnson led the conversation , ' as indeed he did everywhere ' . The breadth of his knowledge was truly ...
Page 209
... chiefly in the night ' . Maxwell commonly visited him at noon and found him in bed , ' or declaiming over his tea , which he drank very plentifully . He generally had a levee of morning visitors , chiefly men of letters . . . and ...
... chiefly in the night ' . Maxwell commonly visited him at noon and found him in bed , ' or declaiming over his tea , which he drank very plentifully . He generally had a levee of morning visitors , chiefly men of letters . . . and ...
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