The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... particular displeasure the evening of Nathaniel's christening when he was made to repeat the words ' Lit - tle Nat - ty ' , syllable by syllable , to the assembled godparents and guests . Certainly Sam was precocious and had a ...
... particular displeasure the evening of Nathaniel's christening when he was made to repeat the words ' Lit - tle Nat - ty ' , syllable by syllable , to the assembled godparents and guests . Certainly Sam was precocious and had a ...
Page 124
... particular place , and a particular hour , a fact which I had no apprehension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact , with all its circumstances should afterwards be unquestionably proved , I should , in that case , be persuaded ...
... particular place , and a particular hour , a fact which I had no apprehension of , nor any means of knowing , and this fact , with all its circumstances should afterwards be unquestionably proved , I should , in that case , be persuaded ...
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... particular value was the intimacy in which she had long lived with Johnson , by which she was well acquainted with his habits , and knew how to lead him on to talk ' . After tea Johnson took him to what he called his walk , ' a paved ...
... particular value was the intimacy in which she had long lived with Johnson , by which she was well acquainted with his habits , and knew how to lead him on to talk ' . After tea Johnson took him to what he called his walk , ' a paved ...
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