The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... remember always that the parents buy the books , and that the children never read them ' . As soon as he was old enough , Sam was sent to a nearby dame's school kept by a widow who also had a sweet shop . He was taken and brought back ...
... remember always that the parents buy the books , and that the children never read them ' . As soon as he was old enough , Sam was sent to a nearby dame's school kept by a widow who also had a sweet shop . He was taken and brought back ...
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... remember . ' Before his return to London - having disposed of his responsibilities at Edial and at last finished his tragedy , Irene - Johnson was , at least , able to leave his mother more contentedly settled in the shop . For his step ...
... remember . ' Before his return to London - having disposed of his responsibilities at Edial and at last finished his tragedy , Irene - Johnson was , at least , able to leave his mother more contentedly settled in the shop . For his step ...
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... remember her name ) who ' had not quite the same stock of virtue nor the same stock of honesty as Bet Flint ' . But Johnson supposed that she ' envied her accom- plishments , for she was so little moved by the power of harmony , that ...
... remember her name ) who ' had not quite the same stock of virtue nor the same stock of honesty as Bet Flint ' . But Johnson supposed that she ' envied her accom- plishments , for she was so little moved by the power of harmony , that ...
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