The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2Harper, 1859 |
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . think I can " 21st May , 1775 . It " DEAR SIR , I have an old amanuensis in great distress 1. I have given what I give , and begged till I cannot tell where to beg again . I put into his hands this morning four ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . think I can " 21st May , 1775 . It " DEAR SIR , I have an old amanuensis in great distress 1. I have given what I give , and begged till I cannot tell where to beg again . I put into his hands this morning four ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ " 29th June , 1777 . “ Dear sir , —I have lately been much Johnson . - BOSWELL . This gentleman , who was born in 1747 , and was educated at the Char ter - house and at Oxford , died in London , April 24th , 1799 ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ " 29th June , 1777 . “ Dear sir , —I have lately been much Johnson . - BOSWELL . This gentleman , who was born in 1747 , and was educated at the Char ter - house and at Oxford , died in London , April 24th , 1799 ...
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... Langton . Johnson , with a warm vehemence of affectionate regard , ex- claimed , " The earth does not bear a wor- thier man than Bennet Langton . " We saw a good many fine pictures , which I think are described in one of " Young's Tours ...
... Langton . Johnson , with a warm vehemence of affectionate regard , ex- claimed , " The earth does not bear a wor- thier man than Bennet Langton . " We saw a good many fine pictures , which I think are described in one of " Young's Tours ...
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... Bennet Langton , Esq . by his title as captain of the Lincolnshire militia , in which he has since been most deservedly raised to the rank of major . -BOSWELL . 3 [ Afterwards Sir Joseph . - ED . ] 4 [ His majesty and the queen visited ...
... Bennet Langton , Esq . by his title as captain of the Lincolnshire militia , in which he has since been most deservedly raised to the rank of major . -BOSWELL . 3 [ Afterwards Sir Joseph . - ED . ] 4 [ His majesty and the queen visited ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . those people he used frequently to raise contributions on his richer friends ; " and this , " says he , " is one of the thousand rea- sons which ought to restrain a man from drony solitude and useless retirement ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . those people he used frequently to raise contributions on his richer friends ; " and this , " says he , " is one of the thousand rea- sons which ought to restrain a man from drony solitude and useless retirement ...
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