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SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Litchfield , in Staffordshire , September 7 . 1709
. His father , Michael Johnson , was a native of Cubley , in Derbyshire , of obscure
extraction , who settled in Litchfield as a bookfeller , and carried on that ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Litchfield , in Staffordshire , September 7 . 1709
. His father , Michael Johnson , was a native of Cubley , in Derbyshire , of obscure
extraction , who settled in Litchfield as a bookfeller , and carried on that ...
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His mother , yielding to this superstitious notion , in her anxiety for his cure , when
he was two years old ( by the advice of Sir John Floyer , then a physician at
Litchfield ) , carried him to London , where he was actually touched by Queen
Anne .
His mother , yielding to this superstitious notion , in her anxiety for his cure , when
he was two years old ( by the advice of Sir John Floyer , then a physician at
Litchfield ) , carried him to London , where he was actually touched by Queen
Anne .
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But he was fo får fortunate , that the respectable character of his parents , and his
own merit , secured him a kind reception in the best families of Litchfield . . Mr .
Gilbert Walmsley , Register of the Prerogative Court at Litchfield , “ “ was one of ...
But he was fo får fortunate , that the respectable character of his parents , and his
own merit , secured him a kind reception in the best families of Litchfield . . Mr .
Gilbert Walmsley , Register of the Prerogative Court at Litchfield , “ “ was one of ...
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In 1735 , he became the fervent admirer of Mrs . Porter , widow of Mr . Henry
Porter , mercer in Birmingham , to whose family he had probably been introduced
by his sister Mrs . Hunter of Litchfield , or through his acquaintance with Jarvis ,
who ...
In 1735 , he became the fervent admirer of Mrs . Porter , widow of Mr . Henry
Porter , mercer in Birmingham , to whose family he had probably been introduced
by his sister Mrs . Hunter of Litchfield , or through his acquaintance with Jarvis ,
who ...
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In the beginning of July , he set out on a visit to Dr . Taylor , at Ashbourn in
Derbyshire , where his complaints appear to have met with but little alleviation .
From Derbyshire he proceeded to Litchfield , to take a last view of his native city .
In the beginning of July , he set out on a visit to Dr . Taylor , at Ashbourn in
Derbyshire , where his complaints appear to have met with but little alleviation .
From Derbyshire he proceeded to Litchfield , to take a last view of his native city .
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