The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 6Bell, 1889 |
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... Lucy Porter said it was like . Mr. Johnson has told me , that her hair was eminently beautiful , quite blonde like that of a baby ; but that she fretted about the colour , and was always desirous to dye it black , which he very ...
... Lucy Porter said it was like . Mr. Johnson has told me , that her hair was eminently beautiful , quite blonde like that of a baby ; but that she fretted about the colour , and was always desirous to dye it black , which he very ...
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... Lucy Porter of Litchfield , whose veneration for his person and character has ever been the greatest possible , being opposed one day in conversation by a clergyman who came often to her house , and feeling somewhat offended , cried out ...
... Lucy Porter of Litchfield , whose veneration for his person and character has ever been the greatest possible , being opposed one day in conversation by a clergyman who came often to her house , and feeling somewhat offended , cried out ...
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... Lucy Porter , by her first husband . She had contracted a friendship with Mrs. Anne Williams , the daughter of Zachary Williams , a physician of eminence in South Wales , who had devoted more than thirty years of a long life to the ...
... Lucy Porter , by her first husband . She had contracted a friendship with Mrs. Anne Williams , the daughter of Zachary Williams , a physician of eminence in South Wales , who had devoted more than thirty years of a long life to the ...
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... Lucy Porter , the daughter of his wife by her first husband ; and , in his way back , paid his respects to Dr. Adams , at Oxford . Mrs. Williams died , at his house in Bolt court , in the month of Septem- ber , during his absence . This ...
... Lucy Porter , the daughter of his wife by her first husband ; and , in his way back , paid his respects to Dr. Adams , at Oxford . Mrs. Williams died , at his house in Bolt court , in the month of Septem- ber , during his absence . This ...
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