The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Band 1Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Langton recollects the following 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 . " - Boswell ...
... Langton recollects the following 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 . " - Boswell ...
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... Langton , esq . of Lang- ton in Lincolnshire , another much 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 chiefly ...
... Langton , esq . of Lang- ton in Lincolnshire , another much 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 chiefly ...
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... Langton for his being of a very ancient family ; for I have heard him say , with pleasure , " Langton , sir , has a grant of free warren from Henry the second ; and cardinal Stephen Langton , in king John's reign , was of this family ...
... Langton for his being of a very ancient family ; for I have heard him say , with pleasure , " Langton , sir , has a grant of free warren from Henry the second ; and cardinal Stephen Langton , in king John's reign , was of this family ...
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... Langton had supped at a tavern in London , and sat till about three in the morning , it came into their heads to go and knock up Johnson , and see if they could prevail on him to join them in a ramble . They rapped violently at the door ...
... Langton had supped at a tavern in London , and sat till about three in the morning , it came into their heads to go and knock up Johnson , and see if they could prevail on him to join them in a ramble . They rapped violently at the door ...
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