Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1924 - 1384 strani |
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... Lichfield , in Staffordshire , on the 18th of September , N.S. , 1709 ; and his initiation into the Christian Church was not delayed ; for his baptism is recorded , in the register of St. Mary's parish in that city , to have been ...
... Lichfield , in Staffordshire , on the 18th of September , N.S. , 1709 ; and his initiation into the Christian Church was not delayed ; for his baptism is recorded , in the register of St. Mary's parish in that city , to have been ...
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... Lichfield . At that time booksellers ' shops in the provincial towns of England were very rare , so that there was not one even in Birmingham , in which town old Mr. Johnson used to open a shop every market - day . He was a pretty good ...
... Lichfield . At that time booksellers ' shops in the provincial towns of England were very rare , so that there was not one even in Birmingham , in which town old Mr. Johnson used to open a shop every market - day . He was a pretty good ...
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... Lichfield : ' When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's shoulders , listening and gaping at the much celebrated preacher ...
... Lichfield : ' When Dr. Sacheverel was at Lichfield , Johnson was not quite three years old . My grandfather Hammond observed him at the cathedral perched upon his father's shoulders , listening and gaping at the much celebrated preacher ...
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... Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has pre- served his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) ...
... Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has pre- served his very picturesque description of the scene , as it remained upon his fancy . Being asked if he could remem- ber Queen Anne , ' He had ( he said ) ...
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... Lichfield was very respectable in his time . The late Dr. Taylor , Prebendary of Westminster , who was educated under him , told me , that he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that ...
... Lichfield was very respectable in his time . The late Dr. Taylor , Prebendary of Westminster , who was educated under him , told me , that he was an excellent master , and that his ushers were most of them men of eminence ; that ...
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