The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. M. Dent, 1934 |
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... late Dr. Samuel Johnson , on my mother , then Miss Hickman , playing on the Spinet . J. Turton . " Dr. Turton , the physician , the writer of this certificate , who died in April , 1806 , in his 71st year , was born in 1735. The verses ...
... late Dr. Samuel Johnson , on my mother , then Miss Hickman , playing on the Spinet . J. Turton . " Dr. Turton , the physician , the writer of this certificate , who died in April , 1806 , in his 71st year , was born in 1735. The verses ...
Page 265
... late , and I begged I might be allowed to pass an evening with him there soon , which he promised I should . " A few days afterwards I met him near Temple- bar , about one o'clock in the morning , and asked him if he would then go to ...
... late , and I begged I might be allowed to pass an evening with him there soon , which he promised I should . " A few days afterwards I met him near Temple- bar , about one o'clock in the morning , and asked him if he would then go to ...
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... late Samuel Johnson , LL.D. , during the last twenty years of his Life , and , in 1788 , Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson . In 1787 Sir John Hawkins , one of Johnson's executors , published his Life of Samuel Johnson , three ...
... late Samuel Johnson , LL.D. , during the last twenty years of his Life , and , in 1788 , Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson . In 1787 Sir John Hawkins , one of Johnson's executors , published his Life of Samuel Johnson , three ...
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