The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 - Authors, English |
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... Lichfield in 1731 , at the age of seventy - six . Sarah Ford , his wife , was born at King's Norton , in the county of Worcester , in 1669 , and died at Lichfield , in January 1759 , in her ninetieth year . - King's - Norton Dr. Johnson ...
... Lichfield in 1731 , at the age of seventy - six . Sarah Ford , his wife , was born at King's Norton , in the county of Worcester , in 1669 , and died at Lichfield , in January 1759 , in her ninetieth year . - King's - Norton Dr. Johnson ...
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... Lichfield , where she took lodgings opposite to the house in which he lived , and indulged her hopeless flame . When he was informed that it so preyed upon her mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her ...
... Lichfield , where she took lodgings opposite to the house in which he lived , and indulged her hopeless flame . When he was informed that it so preyed upon her mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her ...
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... Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , —'He had ( he said ) a ...
... Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne , —'He had ( he said ) a ...
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