The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... remarked to a friend , it was extraordinary ' how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them ' . Once he had started work , however , he could get through it with remarkable speed and accuracy . Yet while he took pride in ...
... remarked to a friend , it was extraordinary ' how wonderfully well he had contrived to be idle without them ' . Once he had started work , however , he could get through it with remarkable speed and accuracy . Yet while he took pride in ...
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... remarked , ' Bosworth - Bosworth ! Big battle at Bosworth , wasn't it ? ' ' Yes , Sir , ' replied Sir Wolstan . ' But I thrashed him . ' Johnson's work in the schoolroom - paid for at the rate of £ 20 a year- was no more congenial to ...
... remarked , ' Bosworth - Bosworth ! Big battle at Bosworth , wasn't it ? ' ' Yes , Sir , ' replied Sir Wolstan . ' But I thrashed him . ' Johnson's work in the schoolroom - paid for at the rate of £ 20 a year- was no more congenial to ...
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... remarked , ' I have seen many a bear led by a man ; but I never before saw a man led by a bear . " Mrs Boswell was particularly annoyed by the tiresomely irregular hours he kept and by the way he turned the candles upside down when they ...
... remarked , ' I have seen many a bear led by a man ; but I never before saw a man led by a bear . " Mrs Boswell was particularly annoyed by the tiresomely irregular hours he kept and by the way he turned the candles upside down when they ...
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