The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 58
... close to penury as he had ever been in his life , quite unable to pay the few pounds a year interest on the mortgage of the Lichfield house until , when three years interest was due and Theophilus Levett was becoming rather pressing ...
... close to penury as he had ever been in his life , quite unable to pay the few pounds a year interest on the mortgage of the Lichfield house until , when three years interest was due and Theophilus Levett was becoming rather pressing ...
Page 115
... close to being locked up . He was in bed when at three o'clock in the morning there was a violent rapping at his door . He got out of bed , picked up a poker with which to defend himself from the ruffians who had , he supposed , come to ...
... close to being locked up . He was in bed when at three o'clock in the morning there was a violent rapping at his door . He got out of bed , picked up a poker with which to defend himself from the ruffians who had , he supposed , come to ...
Page 197
... close enough to them to see them well . Certainly Arthur Murphy saw him one day as he sat at table next to ' the celebrated Mrs Cholmondeley ' , take hold of her hand , in the middle of dinner , and lift it up ' close to his eye ...
... close enough to them to see them well . Certainly Arthur Murphy saw him one day as he sat at table next to ' the celebrated Mrs Cholmondeley ' , take hold of her hand , in the middle of dinner , and lift it up ' close to his eye ...
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