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... told him with much gravity , " Sir , it was a love marriage on both sides , " I have heard from my illustrious friend the following curious account of their journey to church upon the nuptial morn [ 9th July ] : - " Sir , she had read ...
... told him with much gravity , " Sir , it was a love marriage on both sides , " I have heard from my illustrious friend the following curious account of their journey to church upon the nuptial morn [ 9th July ] : - " Sir , she had read ...
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... told me that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without any ...
... told me that Mr. Wedderburne , now Lord Loughborough was the person who first mentioned this subject to him . Lord Loughborough told me that the pension was granted to Johnson solely as the reward of his literary merit , without any ...
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... told , however it might have been doubted if told by many others . As an instance of this , I may mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet street : " A gentlewoman , " said he , " begged I ...
... told , however it might have been doubted if told by many others . As an instance of this , I may mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet street : " A gentlewoman , " said he , " begged I ...
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Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
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