The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... seems to have resolved the most troublesome of them while at Pedmore . At Lich- field he had come to be ' a sort of lax talker ' about religion , and had said silly or outrageous things to his mother for which he later thought he ought ...
... seems to have resolved the most troublesome of them while at Pedmore . At Lich- field he had come to be ' a sort of lax talker ' about religion , and had said silly or outrageous things to his mother for which he later thought he ought ...
Page 69
... seems a very lewd fellow both verbo and facto ) , ' the clergyman recorded in his diary , James , it seems , in a coach with his whoor , took up Johnson and set him down at a given place - Johnson hearing afterwards what the lady was ...
... seems a very lewd fellow both verbo and facto ) , ' the clergyman recorded in his diary , James , it seems , in a coach with his whoor , took up Johnson and set him down at a given place - Johnson hearing afterwards what the lady was ...
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... seems , upon a little recollection , had taken it into his head that he ought to have done the honours of his literary residence to a foreign lady of quality , and eager to show himself a man of gallantry , was hurrying down the stair ...
... seems , upon a little recollection , had taken it into his head that he ought to have done the honours of his literary residence to a foreign lady of quality , and eager to show himself a man of gallantry , was hurrying down the stair ...
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