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... Hector , surgeon , of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , " she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . " Her piety was not inferior to her understanding ; and to her must be ascribed ...
... Hector , surgeon , of Birmingham , if she was not vain of her son . He said , " she had too much good sense to be vain , but she knew her son's value . " Her piety was not inferior to her understanding ; and to her must be ascribed ...
Pagina 38
... Hector informed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it ...
... Hector informed me , acted by the advice of the celebrated Sir John Floyer , then a physician in Lichfield . Johnson used to talk of this very frankly ; and Mrs. Piozzi has preserved his very picturesque description of the scene , as it ...
Pagina 42
... Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and divert- ing other boys from their business . He seemed to ( 1 ) More than a ...
... Hector , has obligingly furnished me with many particulars of his boyish days ; and assured me that he never knew him corrected at school , but for talking and divert- ing other boys from their business . He seemed to ( 1 ) More than a ...
Pagina 43
... Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attend- ants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant ...
... Hector was sometimes one , used to come in the morning as his humble attend- ants , and carry him to school . One in the middle stooped , while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant ...
Pagina 44
... Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordi- nary diversions ...
... Hector remembers having recited to him eighteen verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he improved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordi- nary diversions ...
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