The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... kind- hearted , over - worked man named Humphrey Hawkins who was obliged to take on other jobs such as washing the choirboys ' surplices , to supple- ment his meagre income of £ 10 a year . He had come to the school as a junior usher ...
... kind- hearted , over - worked man named Humphrey Hawkins who was obliged to take on other jobs such as washing the choirboys ' surplices , to supple- ment his meagre income of £ 10 a year . He had come to the school as a junior usher ...
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... kind of chaplain and secretary there . The arrangement proved disastrous . Sir Wolstan was aggressively Philistine , notoriously ignorant , an ' abandoned brutal rascal ' , in his employee's opinion , ill - mannered and ill - natured ...
... kind of chaplain and secretary there . The arrangement proved disastrous . Sir Wolstan was aggressively Philistine , notoriously ignorant , an ' abandoned brutal rascal ' , in his employee's opinion , ill - mannered and ill - natured ...
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... kind of national Work so he has a kind of claim to the Patronage of the state . His stile is particular and pedantic . He is a man of enthusiasm and antiquated notions , a keen Jacobite yet hates the Scotch . Holds the Episcopal ...
... kind of national Work so he has a kind of claim to the Patronage of the state . His stile is particular and pedantic . He is a man of enthusiasm and antiquated notions , a keen Jacobite yet hates the Scotch . Holds the Episcopal ...
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