Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Hester Lynch Piozzi is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 290 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life by Hester Lynch Piozzi. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2423.
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