The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 107
... earlier he had written to Bennet Langton , telling him that he was resolved to go , that he had an old mother ' more than eighty years old ' who had ' counted the days ' to the publication of his dictionary in hopes of seeing him . It ...
... earlier he had written to Bennet Langton , telling him that he was resolved to go , that he had an old mother ' more than eighty years old ' who had ' counted the days ' to the publication of his dictionary in hopes of seeing him . It ...
Page 156
... earlier club that had met at the King's Head in Ivy Lane . It was an ideal number , Johnson thought ; and when Goldsmith proposed an infusion of new blood on the grounds that the present members had travelled thoroughly over each ...
... earlier club that had met at the King's Head in Ivy Lane . It was an ideal number , Johnson thought ; and when Goldsmith proposed an infusion of new blood on the grounds that the present members had travelled thoroughly over each ...
Page 264
... earlier period of his life , received , as well as a long lecture ' on the course of his education and other particulars ' , half a guinea ; and he believed , from the appearance of the room and its occupant , that his benefactor had ...
... earlier period of his life , received , as well as a long lecture ' on the course of his education and other particulars ' , half a guinea ; and he believed , from the appearance of the room and its occupant , that his benefactor had ...
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