Who's who in Boswell?Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and sold by B. Blackwell, 1935 - Biography & Autobiography - 366 pages |
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Page 156
... called to absence of his name from contemporary State Papers . His house being threatened with destruction in the Gordon riots of 1780 , he escaped with his family to Clapton . Hawkins knew Garrick and Horace Walpole ; he assisted ...
... called to absence of his name from contemporary State Papers . His house being threatened with destruction in the Gordon riots of 1780 , he escaped with his family to Clapton . Hawkins knew Garrick and Horace Walpole ; he assisted ...
Page 232
... Called to treat the Rev. George Thicknesse , head master of St Paul's School , for overwork , he annoyed the patient's brother by refusal to prescribe , explaining that complete rest was the only necessity to re- covery . Johnson ...
... Called to treat the Rev. George Thicknesse , head master of St Paul's School , for overwork , he annoyed the patient's brother by refusal to prescribe , explaining that complete rest was the only necessity to re- covery . Johnson ...
Page 290
... called pensioners . ' Shebbeare's pension afterwards called forth the remark in the Preface to Smollett's Humphrey Clinker , ' If you should be sentenced to the pillory , your fortune is made . As times go , that is a sure step to ...
... called pensioners . ' Shebbeare's pension afterwards called forth the remark in the Preface to Smollett's Humphrey Clinker , ' If you should be sentenced to the pillory , your fortune is made . As times go , that is a sure step to ...
Contents
SAMUEL JOHNSON LL D 17091784 | 2 |
CONTEMPORARY BISHOPS OF LICHFIELD | 8 |
JOHNSON IN SCOTLAND | 14 |
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