The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 52
... immediately to retire ' . Finally all his clothes would be pawned ; and Colley Cibber , the actor and dramatist who to Richard Savage's disgust had become Poet Laureate in 1730 , related that once in the winter of 1740 , Boyse , having ...
... immediately to retire ' . Finally all his clothes would be pawned ; and Colley Cibber , the actor and dramatist who to Richard Savage's disgust had become Poet Laureate in 1730 , related that once in the winter of 1740 , Boyse , having ...
Page 89
... immediately taken to him as a man who ' had the habit of thinking for himself ' . He had first made his acquaintance in the house of the daughters of Admiral Cotterell , who lived opposite the Johnsons ' former lodgings in Castle Street ...
... immediately taken to him as a man who ' had the habit of thinking for himself ' . He had first made his acquaintance in the house of the daughters of Admiral Cotterell , who lived opposite the Johnsons ' former lodgings in Castle Street ...
Page 94
... immediately , protesting , ' Sir , I doubt the veracity of your information . ' He pulled down a copy from his library shelves , impatiently turned over the pages until he came to the word upon which he triumphantly placed a heavy ...
... immediately , protesting , ' Sir , I doubt the veracity of your information . ' He pulled down a copy from his library shelves , impatiently turned over the pages until he came to the word upon which he triumphantly placed a heavy ...
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