Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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... booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight 1 , a man , whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his ...
... booksellers of London , by Sir John Hawkins , Knight 1 , a man , whom , during my long intimacy with Dr. Johnson , I never saw in his company , I think but once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his ...
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... bookseller and stationer . His mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in Warwickshire . They were well advanced in years when they married , and never had more than two children , both sons ; Samuel ...
... bookseller and stationer . His mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in Warwickshire . They were well advanced in years when they married , and never had more than two children , both sons ; Samuel ...
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... 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 Latin scholar , and a ...
... 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 Latin scholar , and a ...
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... bookseller in Birmingham , and was very atten- tive to Johnson , who he soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers ...
... bookseller in Birmingham , and was very atten- tive to Johnson , who he soon found could be of much service to him in his trade , by his knowledge of literature ; and he even obtained the assistance of his pen in furnishing some numbers ...
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... bookseller : ' A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity1 ; nor is that curiosity ever more agreeably or usefully employed , than in examining the laws and customs of ...
... bookseller : ' A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity1 ; nor is that curiosity ever more agreeably or usefully employed , than in examining the laws and customs of ...
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