The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Band 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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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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... bookseller in Birmingham , and was very attentive 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 attentive 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 curiosity ; nor is that curiosity ever more agreeably or usefully employed , than in examin- ing the laws and customs of ...
... bookseller . " A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity ; nor is that curiosity ever more agreeably or usefully employed , than in examin- ing the laws and customs of ...
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... bookseller , and that John- son wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it ; and I am pretty sure he told me , that Mr. Cave was the first pub- lisher by whom his pen was ...
... bookseller , and that John- son wrote some things for him ; but I imagine this to be a mistake , for I have discovered no trace of it ; and I am pretty sure he told me , that Mr. Cave was the first pub- lisher by whom his pen was ...
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... bookseller , who counts the lines he is to purchase , and considers nothing but the bulk . I cannot help taking no- tice , that besides what the author may hope for on account of his abilities , he has likewise another claim to your re ...
... bookseller , who counts the lines he is to purchase , and considers nothing but the bulk . I cannot help taking no- tice , that besides what the author may hope for on account of his abilities , he has likewise another claim to your re ...
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