The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... reported factually , but , after a serious breach of privilege , this had been forbidden by the House in April 1738 ... reports so as to ensure that the ' WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it ' , he was proud of the apparent ...
... reported factually , but , after a serious breach of privilege , this had been forbidden by the House in April 1738 ... reports so as to ensure that the ' WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it ' , he was proud of the apparent ...
Page 125
... reported in an account that was published in the Gentleman's Magazine , ' they were sum- moned into the girl's ... report , ' that the child has some art of making or counterfeiting a particular noise [ it was afterwards discovered that ...
... reported in an account that was published in the Gentleman's Magazine , ' they were sum- moned into the girl's ... report , ' that the child has some art of making or counterfeiting a particular noise [ it was afterwards discovered that ...
Page 345
... reports Anna Seward on SJ , 317 Other matters : background and history , 140-1 ; personality , 141 ; a writer , 142 ; gives a supper - party , 147-8 ; on Miss Williams , 151 , 272 ; drunk , 172 ; dines at SJ's house , 210 ; and Voltaire ...
... reports Anna Seward on SJ , 317 Other matters : background and history , 140-1 ; personality , 141 ; a writer , 142 ; gives a supper - party , 147-8 ; on Miss Williams , 151 , 272 ; drunk , 172 ; dines at SJ's house , 210 ; and Voltaire ...
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