The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in War- wickshire . They were well advanced in years when they married , and never had more than two children , both sons ; Samuel , their first - born , who ...
... mother was Sarah Ford , descended of an ancient race of substantial yeomanry in War- wickshire . They were well advanced in years when they married , and never had more than two children , both sons ; Samuel , their first - born , who ...
Pagina 32
... mother was a woman of distinguished understanding . I asked his old school - fellow , Mr. 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 ...
... mother was a woman of distinguished understanding . I asked his old school - fellow , Mr. 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 ...
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... mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take ...
... mother . One day , when the servant who used to be sent to school to conduct him home had not come in time , he set out by himself , though he was then so near - sighted , that he was obliged to stoop down on his hands and knees to take ...
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... 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 , you must get this by heart . " She went ...
... 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 , you must get this by heart . " She went ...
Pagina 36
... mother . So difficult is it to obtain an au- thentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added , " My father ...
... mother . So difficult is it to obtain an au- thentic relation of facts , and such authority may there be for error ; for he assured me , that his father made the verses , and wished to pass them for his child's . He added , " My father ...
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