The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 141
... father's watchful eye , and at twenty - one he became the father of an illegitimate child . It was Lord Auchinleck's wish that he should continue the family tradition and become a lawyer ; he had no sympathy with his son's literary ...
... father's watchful eye , and at twenty - one he became the father of an illegitimate child . It was Lord Auchinleck's wish that he should continue the family tradition and become a lawyer ; he had no sympathy with his son's literary ...
Page 231
... father , Lord Auchinleck , as convinced a Whig and a Presbyterian as Johnson was a Tory and a Church of England man . Boswell brought them together with much trepidation , knowing that his father strongly dis- approved of Johnson as ' a ...
... father , Lord Auchinleck , as convinced a Whig and a Presbyterian as Johnson was a Tory and a Church of England man . Boswell brought them together with much trepidation , knowing that his father strongly dis- approved of Johnson as ' a ...
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... father , you recollect , was a book - seller , and had long been in the habit of attending Uttoxeter market , and opening a stall for the sale of his books during that day . Confined to his bed by indisposition , he requested me , this ...
... father , you recollect , was a book - seller , and had long been in the habit of attending Uttoxeter market , and opening a stall for the sale of his books during that day . Confined to his bed by indisposition , he requested me , this ...
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