The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... mother was buried in Lichfield , on 23 January 1759 , more than twenty years after Nathaniel's death , he entered in his diary - after prayers for his mother's soul , thanks for her example , and a plea for pardon for neglecting it ...
... mother was buried in Lichfield , on 23 January 1759 , more than twenty years after Nathaniel's death , he entered in his diary - after prayers for his mother's soul , thanks for her example , and a plea for pardon for neglecting it ...
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Christopher Hibbert. might never see his mother again , he hesitated , writing to Lucy Porter that he would come down to them ' if it were possible ' , letting the days slip by , staying in London . To his mother , he wrote : Honoured ...
Christopher Hibbert. might never see his mother again , he hesitated , writing to Lucy Porter that he would come down to them ' if it were possible ' , letting the days slip by , staying in London . To his mother , he wrote : Honoured ...
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... mother ; but God suffered it not . I have not power or composure to say much more . God bless you , and bless us all . . . ' Ten years before when his mother had been ill he had confessed to Lucy Porter that her death was ' one of the ...
... mother ; but God suffered it not . I have not power or composure to say much more . God bless you , and bless us all . . . ' Ten years before when his mother had been ill he had confessed to Lucy Porter that her death was ' one of the ...
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