The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 244
... wish to see the wall of China , Johnson pressed him to go . ' Sir , ' he said urgently , ' by doing so , you would do what would be of importance in raising your children to eminence . There would be a lustre reflected upon them from ...
... wish to see the wall of China , Johnson pressed him to go . ' Sir , ' he said urgently , ' by doing so , you would do what would be of importance in raising your children to eminence . There would be a lustre reflected upon them from ...
Page 277
... wish I had continued at College . ' ' Why do you wish that , Sir ? ' and ' Because I think I should have had a much easier life than mine has been . I should have been a parson , and had a good living . lived comfortably . ' ' Sir , the ...
... wish I had continued at College . ' ' Why do you wish that , Sir ? ' and ' Because I think I should have had a much easier life than mine has been . I should have been a parson , and had a good living . lived comfortably . ' ' Sir , the ...
Page 284
... wish him to desist . No , Sir , I wish him to drive on . ' When Baretti was on trial for his life at the Old Bailey after having , in self defence , stabbed a whore's bully to death in the Haymarket , his friends - including Johnson ...
... wish him to desist . No , Sir , I wish him to drive on . ' When Baretti was on trial for his life at the Old Bailey after having , in self defence , stabbed a whore's bully to death in the Haymarket , his friends - including Johnson ...
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