The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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... afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to " a good night's rest " he once enjoyed in Fetter Lane , which comes next on the list . Then he is in Holborn again at another tavern , the " Golden ...
... afterwards at Bow Street , and in Holborn . In his Prayers and Meditations he refers to " a good night's rest " he once enjoyed in Fetter Lane , which comes next on the list . Then he is in Holborn again at another tavern , the " Golden ...
Page x
... afterwards his mother . " The life which made my own life pleasant is at an end , ” he wrote mournfully of the latter bereavement ; and to pay his mother's modest debts , he penned the story of Rasselas . But before Rasselas was ...
... afterwards his mother . " The life which made my own life pleasant is at an end , ” he wrote mournfully of the latter bereavement ; and to pay his mother's modest debts , he penned the story of Rasselas . But before Rasselas was ...
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... afterwards , Isaac Disraeli , then a youth of seventeen , knocked at the door to make enquiry about a manuscript he had forwarded to Johnson , of which he had heard nothing . His summons was answered by Francis Barber , who told him ...
... afterwards , Isaac Disraeli , then a youth of seventeen , knocked at the door to make enquiry about a manuscript he had forwarded to Johnson , of which he had heard nothing . His summons was answered by Francis Barber , who told him ...
Page xiii
... afterwards unkind enough to liken the poetry of Gray . It was on this occasion that the Doctor figured in the ( for him ) unusual character of ringleader in a riot . The evening was wet , and the damp squibs and Catharine wheels ...
... afterwards unkind enough to liken the poetry of Gray . It was on this occasion that the Doctor figured in the ( for him ) unusual character of ringleader in a riot . The evening was wet , and the damp squibs and Catharine wheels ...
Page xiv
... afterwards wrote so well of him in Mr. Urban's magazine . But to Ranelagh he went often , regarding it , Dr. Maxwell tells us , as " a place of innocent recreation . " " When I first entered Ranelagh , " he said , " it gave an expansion ...
... afterwards wrote so well of him in Mr. Urban's magazine . But to Ranelagh he went often , regarding it , Dr. Maxwell tells us , as " a place of innocent recreation . " " When I first entered Ranelagh , " he said , " it gave an expansion ...
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