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... Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to that lady " " 66 by Dr. Johnson , but for which PREFACE . ix.
... Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to that lady " " 66 by Dr. Johnson , but for which PREFACE . ix.
Pagina 35
... Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petticoats , and had learnt to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common prayer - book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam ...
... Lucy Porter , as related to her by his mother . When he was a child in petticoats , and had learnt to read , Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common prayer - book into his hands , pointed to the collect for the day , and said , " Sam ...
Pagina 95
... Lucy Porter kept the best company in our little city , but would make no engagement on market - days , lest Granny , as she called Mrs. Johnson , should catch cold by serving in the shop . There Lucy Porter took her place , standing ...
... Lucy Porter kept the best company in our little city , but would make no engagement on market - days , lest Granny , as she called Mrs. Johnson , should catch cold by serving in the shop . There Lucy Porter took her place , standing ...
Pagina 98
... Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her mother , his future wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's , [ Mr. Hunter , the schoolmaster , ] and gave them to Lucy in the ...
... Lucy Porter , when he was enamoured of her in his boyish days , two or three years before he had seen her mother , his future wife . He wrote them at my grandfather's , [ Mr. Hunter , the schoolmaster , ] and gave them to Lucy in the ...
Pagina 99
... Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . " Such was this lady's statement , which I make no doubt she supposed to be correct but it shows how dangerous it is to ...
... Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . " Such was this lady's statement , which I make no doubt she supposed to be correct but it shows how dangerous it is to ...
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