Boswell's Life of JohnsonHumphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 |
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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 ...
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... 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 74
... Langton to take a copy of it for himself . The whole of it is rich in thought and imagery , and happy expressions ; and of the disjecta membra scattered through- out , and as yet unarranged , a good dramatick poet might avail himself ...
... Langton to take a copy of it for himself . The whole of it is rich in thought and imagery , and happy expressions ; and of the disjecta membra scattered through- out , and as yet unarranged , a good dramatick poet might avail himself ...
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 ...
Stran 164
James Boswell. 164 BENNET LANGTON [ 1752 obtained Johnson's permission to bring Mr. Langton to him ; as , indeed , Johnson , during the whole course of his life , had no shyness , real or affected , but was easy of access to all who were ...
James Boswell. 164 BENNET LANGTON [ 1752 obtained Johnson's permission to bring Mr. Langton to him ; as , indeed , Johnson , during the whole course of his life , had no shyness , real or affected , but was easy of access to all who were ...
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