Boswell's Life of Johnson (abridged)Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 228 strani |
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... Langton , the classi- cal scholar ; Bishop Percy , the antiquarian ; Edward Gib- bon , the historian ; Richard Brinsley Sheridan , the play- wright ; and Edmund Malone , the Shakespearian scholar . Fanny Burney and Charlotte Lennox and ...
... Langton , the classi- cal scholar ; Bishop Percy , the antiquarian ; Edward Gib- bon , the historian ; Richard Brinsley Sheridan , the play- wright ; and Edmund Malone , the Shakespearian scholar . Fanny Burney and Charlotte Lennox and ...
Stran 19
... Langton 1 one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , ' My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing ...
... Langton 1 one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was exceeded by no man of his time ; he said , ' My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing ...
Stran 64
... at the Miss Cot- terells ' , the then Duchess of Argyle and another lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cot BENNET LANGTON 65 terells were too much engrossed by them 64 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... at the Miss Cot- terells ' , the then Duchess of Argyle and another lady of high rank came in . Johnson thinking that the Miss Cot BENNET LANGTON 65 terells were too much engrossed by them 64 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Stran 65
... Langton , Esq . of Lang- ton , in Lincolnshire , another such valued friend , com- menced soon after the conclusion of his Rambler ; which that gentleman , then a youth , had read with so much ad- miration , that he came to London ...
... Langton , Esq . of Lang- ton , in Lincolnshire , another such valued friend , com- menced soon after the conclusion of his Rambler ; which that gentleman , then a youth , had read with so much ad- miration , that he came to London ...
Stran 66
... Langton , in King John's reign , was of this family . ' Mr. Langton afterwards went to pursue his studies at Trinity College , Oxford , where he formed an acquaintance with his fellow student , Mr. Topham Beauclerk ; who , though their ...
... Langton , in King John's reign , was of this family . ' Mr. Langton afterwards went to pursue his studies at Trinity College , Oxford , where he formed an acquaintance with his fellow student , Mr. Topham Beauclerk ; who , though their ...
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acquaintance admiration ÆTAT afterwards answered appeared asked Beauclerk BENNET LANGTON Bishop booksellers Boswell Boswell's Burke Burney celebrated character Cibber conversation David Garrick dear Sir death Dictionary Dilly dined dinner Dodsley drink Edwards eminent favour Francis Barber Garrick gave gentleman give Goldsmith happy heard Hebrides honour hope humour imagination JAMES BOSWELL kind King knew labour lady Langton language letter Lichfield Literary Club literature lived London Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind nature never observed occasion once opinion Oxford Pembroke College Percy pleased pleasure poet Pope publick recollect respect Richardson Robert Dodsley SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seemed servant shewed Sir John Sir John Hawkins Sir Joshua Reynolds spirit strong supposed talk tell thing Thomas Warton thought Thrale tion told topicks truth Wilkes William wine wish wonder write wrote