The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of a Tour to the HebridesJohn Murray, Albermarle-Street, 1831 |
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Pagina xviii
... Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to this lady by Dr. Johnson ; for which , it seems , Mr. Boswell had in- quired in vain . These papers are marked Pearson MSS . Dr. Harwood supplied also some other papers , and much information ...
... Lucy Porter , many letters addressed to this lady by Dr. Johnson ; for which , it seems , Mr. Boswell had in- quired in vain . These papers are marked Pearson MSS . Dr. Harwood supplied also some other papers , and much information ...
Pagina 12
... 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 13
... Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step - daughter , positively maintained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick ...
... Lucy Porter , Dr. Johnson's step - daughter , positively maintained to me , in his presence , that there could be no doubt of the truth of this anecdote , for she had heard it from his mother . So difficult is it to obtain an authentick ...
Pagina 59
... 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 62
... 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 ...
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