The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... distinguished for so small a school , and included from Samuel Johnson's years of attendance , a bishop , an archdeacon , a chief justice , a poet and a celebrated doctor . The doctor , Robert James , who , although said to have been ...
... distinguished for so small a school , and included from Samuel Johnson's years of attendance , a bishop , an archdeacon , a chief justice , a poet and a celebrated doctor . The doctor , Robert James , who , although said to have been ...
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Christopher Hibbert. for the Sons of the Clergy . He would have a distinguished congregation ; as well as the Lord Chief Justice and the City Aldermen , eight bishops would be there together with the Archbishop of Canterbury himself . He ...
Christopher Hibbert. for the Sons of the Clergy . He would have a distinguished congregation ; as well as the Lord Chief Justice and the City Aldermen , eight bishops would be there together with the Archbishop of Canterbury himself . He ...
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... distinguished members of the House of Commons , was of the firm opinion that ' it should be pro- nounced so as to rhyme to seat , and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait . Now here were two men of the highest rank , the ...
... distinguished members of the House of Commons , was of the firm opinion that ' it should be pro- nounced so as to rhyme to seat , and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait . Now here were two men of the highest rank , the ...
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