The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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... Lichfield as a bookseller and stationer . His mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in Warwickshire . They were well advanced in years when they married , and never had more than two children ...
... Lichfield as a bookseller and stationer . His mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in Warwickshire . They were well advanced in years when they married , and never had more than two children ...
Page 37
... Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's shoulders , listening and gaping at the much celebrated preacher ...
... Lichfield . " When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's shoulders , listening and gaping at the much celebrated preacher ...
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... Lichfield he used to be fre- quently at the house of Dr. Swinfen , a gentleman of very ancient family in Staffordshire , from which , after the death of his elder brother , he inherited a good estate . He was , besides , a physician of ...
... Lichfield he used to be fre- quently at the house of Dr. Swinfen , a gentleman of very ancient family in Staffordshire , from which , after the death of his elder brother , he inherited a good estate . He was , besides , a physician of ...
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