The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including the Tour to the HebridesHenry Holt & Company, 1882 - 689 pàgines |
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... death he sent to that college a present of all his works , to be deposited in their library ; and he had thoughts of leaving to it his house at Lichfield ; but his friends who were about him very properly dissuaded him from it , and he ...
... death he sent to that college a present of all his works , to be deposited in their library ; and he had thoughts of leaving to it his house at Lichfield ; but his friends who were about him very properly dissuaded him from it , and he ...
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... death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be not debilitated by poverty , and that indigence do ...
... death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now , therefore , see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my mind be not debilitated by poverty , and that indigence do ...
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... death . Miss Porter told me , that when he was first introduced to her mother , his appearance was very for- bidding ; he was then lean and lank , so that his immense struc- ture of bones was hideously striking to the eye , and the ...
... death . Miss Porter told me , that when he was first introduced to her mother , his appearance was very for- bidding ; he was then lean and lank , so that his immense struc- ture of bones was hideously striking to the eye , and the ...
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... death . He now set up a private academy , for which purpose he hired a large house , well situated near his native city . In the " Gentle- man's Magazine " for 1736 , there is the following advertisement : “ At EDIAL , near Lichfield ...
... death . He now set up a private academy , for which purpose he hired a large house , well situated near his native city . In the " Gentle- man's Magazine " for 1736 , there is the following advertisement : “ At EDIAL , near Lichfield ...
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... death , he mentioned this , among other particulars of his life , which he was kindly communicating to me ; and he described this early friend , " Harry Hervey , " thus : " He was a vicious man , but very kind to me . If you call a dog ...
... death , he mentioned this , among other particulars of his life , which he was kindly communicating to me ; and he described this early friend , " Harry Hervey , " thus : " He was a vicious man , but very kind to me . If you call a dog ...
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