Life of JohnsonMacmillan, 1893 - 718 páginas |
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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 ex- ceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipped me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done ...
... Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , I believe , he was ex- ceeded by no man of his time ; he said , " My master whipped me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done ...
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... Langton made a fair and distinct copy of it , which he ordered to be bound up with the original and the printed tragedy ; and the volume is de- posited in the King's library . His Majesty was pleased to permit Mr. Langton to take a copy ...
... Langton made a fair and distinct copy of it , which he ordered to be bound up with the original and the printed tragedy ; and the volume is de- posited in the King's library . His Majesty was pleased to permit Mr. Langton to take a copy ...
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... Langton recollects the fol- lowing passage in a letter from Dr. Johnson to Mr. Beauclerk : " The Havannah is taken ; -a conquest too dearly obtained ; for , Bathurst died before it . ' Vix Priamus tanti totaque Troja fuit . ' B. It was ...
... Langton recollects the fol- lowing passage in a letter from Dr. Johnson to Mr. Beauclerk : " The Havannah is taken ; -a conquest too dearly obtained ; for , Bathurst died before it . ' Vix Priamus tanti totaque Troja fuit . ' B. It was ...
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... Langton , Esq . of Langton , in Lincolnshire , another much valued friend , commenced soon after the conclusion of his " Rambler " ; which that gentleman , 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 gentleman , then a youth , had read with so much admiration , that he came to London chiefly ...
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... Langton deserted them , being ladies . Johnson scolded him for " leaving engaged to breakfast with some young his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . ' being told of this ramble , said to him ...
... Langton deserted them , being ladies . Johnson scolded him for " leaving engaged to breakfast with some young his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . ' being told of this ramble , said to him ...
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