The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 - Authors, English |
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... Thrale's father : " He worked at six shillings a week for twenty years in the great brewery , which afterwards was ... Thrale , a sensible , active , honest man , who had been employed in the house , and to transfer the whole to him for ...
... Thrale's father : " He worked at six shillings a week for twenty years in the great brewery , which afterwards was ... Thrale , a sensible , active , honest man , who had been employed in the house , and to transfer the whole to him for ...
Page 308
... Thrale was inferiour , and in some degree insignificant , compared with Mrs. Thrale , it may be proper to give a true state of the case from the authority of Johnson himself in his own words . She is " I know no man , ( said he , ) who ...
... Thrale was inferiour , and in some degree insignificant , compared with Mrs. Thrale , it may be proper to give a true state of the case from the authority of Johnson himself in his own words . She is " I know no man , ( said he , ) who ...
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... Thrale's great brewery , and after his death became one of the Proprietors of it ; and now resides in Mr. Thrale's house in Southwark , which was the scene of so many literary meetings , and in which he continues the liberal hospitality ...
... Thrale's great brewery , and after his death became one of the Proprietors of it ; and now resides in Mr. Thrale's house in Southwark , which was the scene of so many literary meetings , and in which he continues the liberal hospitality ...
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