The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Derby, 1826 |
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... servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel ...
... servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home , had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take a view of the kennel ...
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... servant or wife of a servant of my father , to be nursed , in George- lane . Here it was discovered that my eyes were bad , and an issue was cut in my left arm . Dr. Swinfen told me that the scrofulous sores which afflicted me proceeded ...
... servant or wife of a servant of my father , to be nursed , in George- lane . Here it was discovered that my eyes were bad , and an issue was cut in my left arm . Dr. Swinfen told me that the scrofulous sores which afflicted me proceeded ...
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... servant . " Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter , " Answered Dec. 2. " But whether any thing was done in conse- quence of it , we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female charms ...
... servant . " Mr. Cave has put a note on this letter , " Answered Dec. 2. " But whether any thing was done in conse- quence of it , we are not informed . Johnson had , from his early youth , been sensible to the influence of female charms ...
Page 57
... servant , " E. HECTOR . " BOSWELL . " 6 Birmingham , Jan. 9th , 1794. " 1 It appears from Mr. Hector's letter , that Johnson became acquainted with her three years before he married her . - MALONE . ; Though Mrs. Porter was double the ...
... servant , " E. HECTOR . " BOSWELL . " 6 Birmingham , Jan. 9th , 1794. " 1 It appears from Mr. Hector's letter , that Johnson became acquainted with her three years before he married her . - MALONE . ; Though Mrs. Porter was double the ...
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... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " It should seem from this letter , though subscribed with his own name , that he had not yet been introduced to Mr. Cave . We shall presently see what was done in conse- quence of the proposal which it ...
... servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " It should seem from this letter , though subscribed with his own name , that he had not yet been introduced to Mr. Cave . We shall presently see what was done in conse- quence of the proposal which it ...
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