The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... position Michael Johnson had made for himself , nor but consider him , when at the age of forty - nine he asked her to marry him , an agreeable , reliable , sober bachelor , a satisfactory match for a spinster already middle - aged ...
... position Michael Johnson had made for himself , nor but consider him , when at the age of forty - nine he asked her to marry him , an agreeable , reliable , sober bachelor , a satisfactory match for a spinster already middle - aged ...
Page 76
... position in the world , even of politics and economic change , when set beside man's duty to cultivate virtue and wisdom . Whether the essays are about fortune - hunters or prostitution , fashionable dissipations or the problems to be ...
... position in the world , even of politics and economic change , when set beside man's duty to cultivate virtue and wisdom . Whether the essays are about fortune - hunters or prostitution , fashionable dissipations or the problems to be ...
Page 254
... position over the fireplace . Naturally all her dinner parties did not go off as smoothly as the hostess would have liked since the temper of the guest , whose presence at her table was the principal reason for its fame , became more ...
... position over the fireplace . Naturally all her dinner parties did not go off as smoothly as the hostess would have liked since the temper of the guest , whose presence at her table was the principal reason for its fame , became more ...
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