The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons ; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published ; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1821 |
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Page 107
... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . 66 DEAR MADAM , " THIS week I came home from Paris . I have brought you a little box , which I thought pretty ; 1 This alludes to my old feudal principle of preferring male to female succession . 2 There can ...
... LUCY PORTER , IN LICHFIELD . 66 DEAR MADAM , " THIS week I came home from Paris . I have brought you a little box , which I thought pretty ; 1 This alludes to my old feudal principle of preferring male to female succession . 2 There can ...
Page 183
... Lucy Porter , his step - daughter . She was now an old maid , with much simplicity of manner . She had never been in London . Her brother , a Captain in the navy , had left her a fortune of ten thousand pounds ; about a third of which ...
... Lucy Porter , his step - daughter . She was now an old maid , with much simplicity of manner . She had never been in London . Her brother , a Captain in the navy , had left her a fortune of ten thousand pounds ; about a third of which ...
Page 189
... Lucy Porter's . Johnson had sent an express to Dr. Taylor's , acquainting him of our being at Lichfield , and Taylor had returned an answer that his post- chaise should come for us this day . While we sat at breakfast , Dr. Johnson ...
... Lucy Porter's . Johnson had sent an express to Dr. Taylor's , acquainting him of our being at Lichfield , and Taylor had returned an answer that his post- chaise should come for us this day . While we sat at breakfast , Dr. Johnson ...
Page 191
... Lucy Porter and some other ladies of the place talked a great deal of him when he was out of the room , not only with veneration but affection . It pleased me to find that he was so much beloved in his native city . Mrs. Aston , whom I ...
... Lucy Porter and some other ladies of the place talked a great deal of him when he was out of the room , not only with veneration but affection . It pleased me to find that he was so much beloved in his native city . Mrs. Aston , whom I ...
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