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He resided in the house of Sir Woolston Dixie , the patron of the school , to whom
he officiated as a kind of domestic chaplain ; and who treated him with intolerable
harshness . His employment was irksome to him in every respect ; and after ...
He resided in the house of Sir Woolston Dixie , the patron of the school , to whom
he officiated as a kind of domestic chaplain ; and who treated him with intolerable
harshness . His employment was irksome to him in every respect ; and after ...
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His first lodgings were at the house of Mr . Norris a staymaker in Exeter - Street ,
in the Strand . Here he found it necessary to practise the most rigid economy ;
and his Ofellus in the Art of Living in London , is a real character of an Irish
painter ...
His first lodgings were at the house of Mr . Norris a staymaker in Exeter - Street ,
in the Strand . Here he found it necessary to practise the most rigid economy ;
and his Ofellus in the Art of Living in London , is a real character of an Irish
painter ...
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O ! In 1748 , while he was employed in his Dictionary , he exerted his talents in
occafional composition , very different from lexicography , and formed a club that
met at Horseman ' s chop - house in Ivy - lane , Pater - noster Row , every ...
O ! In 1748 , while he was employed in his Dictionary , he exerted his talents in
occafional composition , very different from lexicography , and formed a club that
met at Horseman ' s chop - house in Ivy - lane , Pater - noster Row , every ...
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Though his circumstances , at this time , . were far from being easy , he received
as a constant visitor at his house , Miss Anna Williams , daughter of a Welsh
physician , and a woman of more than ordinary talents and literature , who had
just ...
Though his circumstances , at this time , . were far from being easy , he received
as a constant visitor at his house , Miss Anna Williams , daughter of a Welsh
physician , and a woman of more than ordinary talents and literature , who had
just ...
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When Johnson shone in the plenitude of his political glory , from the celebrity of
his ministerial pamphlets , an attempt was made to bring him into the House of
Ccmmons , by Mr . Strahan , the king ' s printer , who was himself in parliament ...
When Johnson shone in the plenitude of his political glory , from the celebrity of
his ministerial pamphlets , an attempt was made to bring him into the House of
Ccmmons , by Mr . Strahan , the king ' s printer , who was himself in parliament ...
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