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Page vi
... March , 1737 , with Garrick and the historical twopence - halfpenny , he had apparently never visited it since , as a child of two and a half , he had been brought from Lichfield to town by his mother to be touched for the evil by her ...
... March , 1737 , with Garrick and the historical twopence - halfpenny , he had apparently never visited it since , as a child of two and a half , he had been brought from Lichfield to town by his mother to be touched for the evil by her ...
Page viii
... March , 1741 , he had lodgings " at the Black Boy , ' over against Durham Yard , ” — a locality which has long since given place to the Adelphi ; afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to ...
... March , 1741 , he had lodgings " at the Black Boy , ' over against Durham Yard , ” — a locality which has long since given place to the Adelphi ; afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to ...
Page x
... March 23rd , " and you are now to direct to me at Staple Inn , London . " Staple Inn is another of his Holborn residences . From this he moved to Gray's Inn , and thence again to a first floor at I , Inner Temple Lane , on the southern ...
... March 23rd , " and you are now to direct to me at Staple Inn , London . " Staple Inn is another of his Holborn residences . From this he moved to Gray's Inn , and thence again to a first floor at I , Inner Temple Lane , on the southern ...
Page xi
... March 1776 for 8 , Bolt Court , between Gough Square and Fleet Street . No. 8 stood upon the site of what , until very recently , was the Stationers ' Company's school ; and this again had been the printing office which Bensley , the ...
... March 1776 for 8 , Bolt Court , between Gough Square and Fleet Street . No. 8 stood upon the site of what , until very recently , was the Stationers ' Company's school ; and this again had been the printing office which Bensley , the ...
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... march of improvement is so rapid , that even an imperfect attempt at such a record is not without its value , to say nothing of the fact that , as Boswell himself puts it in a by - no - means too highly - pitched justification , " there ...
... march of improvement is so rapid , that even an imperfect attempt at such a record is not without its value , to say nothing of the fact that , as Boswell himself puts it in a by - no - means too highly - pitched justification , " there ...
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