Excerpt from Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL. D: During the Last Twenty Years of His Life Henry Thrale, whom she married, was the head Of the great brewery house now known as that Of Barclay and Perkins. Henry Thrale's father had succeeded Edmund Halsey, who began life by run ning away from his father, a miller at St. Albans. Halsey was taken in as a clerktof-all-work at the Anchor Brewhouse in Southwark, became a house clerk able enough to please Child, his. Master, and handsome enough to please his master's daughter. He married the daughter and succeeded to Child's Brewery, made much money, and had himself an Only daughter, whom he married to a lord. Henry Thrale's father was a nephew Of. Halsey's, who had worked in the brewery for twenty years, when. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.