Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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... Langton 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 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 73
... Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose , partly worked up into verse ; as ...
... Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw materials of prose , partly worked up into verse ; as ...
Stran 134
... Langton , that when in that dress he could not treat people with the same ease as when in his usual plain clothes . ' Dress indeed , we must allow , has more effect even upon strong minds than one should suppose , without having had the ...
... Langton , that when in that dress he could not treat people with the same ease as when in his usual plain clothes . ' Dress indeed , we must allow , has more effect even upon strong minds than one should suppose , without having had the ...
Stran 161
... Langton recollects the following passage in a letter from Dr. Johnson to Mr. Beauclerk : ' The Havannah is taken ; -a con- quest too dearly obtained ; for , Bathurst died before it . " Vix Priamus tanti totaque Troja fuit . " BOSWELL ...
... Langton recollects the following passage in a letter from Dr. Johnson to Mr. Beauclerk : ' The Havannah is taken ; -a con- quest too dearly obtained ; for , Bathurst died before it . " Vix Priamus tanti totaque Troja fuit . " BOSWELL ...
Stran 163
... Langton , Esq . of Langton , in Lincolnshire , another much valued friend , commenced soon after the conclusion of his Rambler ; which that gentle- man , then a youth , had read with so much admiration , that he came to London chiefly ...
... Langton , Esq . of Langton , in Lincolnshire , another much valued friend , commenced soon after the conclusion of his Rambler ; which that gentle- man , then a youth , had read with so much admiration , that he came to London chiefly ...
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acknowl acquaintance admiration affectionate afterwards appeared Ashbourne asked authour Beauclerk believe BENNET LANGTON booksellers character church compliments consider conversation dear Sir death Dictionary dined doubt edition eminent English favour Garrick gentleman Gentleman's Magazine give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope house of Stuart humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John kind King lady Langton language learning letter Lichfield literary lived London Lord Lord Chesterfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner mentioned merit mind never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet praise publick published Rambler reason recollect remark Reverend SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland Shakspeare shew Sir Joshua Reynolds Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing THOMAS WARTON thought Thrale tion told truth WARTON Whig wish write written wrote