The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page xi
... Francis Barber , had led him to anticipate . On the contrary , everything was excellent of its kind , and served in good order . Johnson's earliest letter from Johnson's Court is dated 17th October , 1765 ; and he left it in March 1776 ...
... Francis Barber , had led him to anticipate . On the contrary , everything was excellent of its kind , and served in good order . Johnson's earliest letter from Johnson's Court is dated 17th October , 1765 ; and he left it in March 1776 ...
Page xii
... Francis Barber , who told him that the Doctor had been dead some hours . As might be supposed , Johnson was a devout , if intermittent , church - goer . " He was not constant in his attendance on divine worship , " says Hawkins ; " but ...
... Francis Barber , who told him that the Doctor had been dead some hours . As might be supposed , Johnson was a devout , if intermittent , church - goer . " He was not constant in his attendance on divine worship , " says Hawkins ; " but ...
Page xvii
... Francis Barber ) , " but a worthy good woman . " Many of the remaining names were those of booksellers and printers , as Cave , Dodsley , Millar , Strahan , and Payne of Paternoster Row , who published the first — 99 in Staying Rarm ...
... Francis Barber ) , " but a worthy good woman . " Many of the remaining names were those of booksellers and printers , as Cave , Dodsley , Millar , Strahan , and Payne of Paternoster Row , who published the first — 99 in Staying Rarm ...
Page 148
... Francis Barber , who delivered it to my worthy friend the Reverend Mr. Strahan , Vicar of Islington , who at my earnest request has obligingly favoured me with a copy of it , which he and I compared with the original . I present it to ...
... Francis Barber , who delivered it to my worthy friend the Reverend Mr. Strahan , Vicar of Islington , who at my earnest request has obligingly favoured me with a copy of it , which he and I compared with the original . I present it to ...
Page 150
... Francis Barber , his faithful servant , and residuary legatee , offered this memorial of tenderness to Mrs. Lucy Porter , Mrs. Johnson's daughter ; but she having declined to accept of it , he had it enamelled as a mourning ring for his ...
... Francis Barber , his faithful servant , and residuary legatee , offered this memorial of tenderness to Mrs. Lucy Porter , Mrs. Johnson's daughter ; but she having declined to accept of it , he had it enamelled as a mourning ring for his ...
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