The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
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... father , Michael Johnson , described Michael Johnson's occupation . IO II Romantic incident in the youth of Michael Johnson 12 His mother described 12-13 Traditional story of Johnson's infancy 13-14 Early instance of his power of memory ...
... father , Michael Johnson , described Michael Johnson's occupation . IO II Romantic incident in the youth of Michael Johnson 12 His mother described 12-13 Traditional story of Johnson's infancy 13-14 Early instance of his power of memory ...
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... Father Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia , his first Voyage Æt . 26 . prose work . 53-55 Returns to Lichfield . 56 Proposes to translate Politian's poems 56 Letter from Johnson to Cave , editor of Gentleman's Magazine . • 57 Verses to a Lady ...
... Father Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia , his first Voyage Æt . 26 . prose work . 53-55 Returns to Lichfield . 56 Proposes to translate Politian's poems 56 Letter from Johnson to Cave , editor of Gentleman's Magazine . • 57 Verses to a Lady ...
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... father , one or two only of which Mr. Boswell had been able to obtain . In addition to these contributions of manuscript materials , I have to acknowledge much and valuable assistance from numerous literary and distinguished friends ...
... father , one or two only of which Mr. Boswell had been able to obtain . In addition to these contributions of manuscript materials , I have to acknowledge much and valuable assistance from numerous literary and distinguished friends ...
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... father was , we are told , by no means satisfied with the life he led , nor his eldest son with the kind of reputation he attained ; neither liked to hear of his connexion even with Paoli or Johnson ; and both would have been better ...
... father was , we are told , by no means satisfied with the life he led , nor his eldest son with the kind of reputation he attained ; neither liked to hear of his connexion even with Paoli or Johnson ; and both would have been better ...
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... father is there styled Gentleman , ' a circumstance of which an igno- rant panegyrist has praised him for not being proud ; when the truth is , that the appellation of Gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assumption of ...
... father is there styled Gentleman , ' a circumstance of which an igno- rant panegyrist has praised him for not being proud ; when the truth is , that the appellation of Gentleman , though now lost in the indiscriminate assumption of ...
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