The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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... sermons — in so far as he enjoyed writing at all — and he eventually became so adept at producing them for his clerical friends and acquaintances that he could sit down after dinner to write a long one and get it into the post that ...
... sermons — in so far as he enjoyed writing at all — and he eventually became so adept at producing them for his clerical friends and acquaintances that he could sit down after dinner to write a long one and get it into the post that ...
Page 76
... sermons on penitence , self - examination and patience . With the exception of five numbers - two of which were by Elizabeth Carter and one by Samuel Richardson — all of them were entirely written by Johnson himself . He wrote them at ...
... sermons on penitence , self - examination and patience . With the exception of five numbers - two of which were by Elizabeth Carter and one by Samuel Richardson — all of them were entirely written by Johnson himself . He wrote them at ...
Page 278
... sermons for Taylor , election addresses for Thrale , who was Member of Parliament for Southwark , proposals for an edition of the works of his friend , Charlotte Lennox , a preface to Baretti's Easy Phraseology for ... Young Ladies ...
... sermons for Taylor , election addresses for Thrale , who was Member of Parliament for Southwark , proposals for an edition of the works of his friend , Charlotte Lennox , a preface to Baretti's Easy Phraseology for ... Young Ladies ...
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