The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
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Mr. Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , he had for his schoolfellows , Dr. James , author of the Medicinal Dictionary ...
Mr. Langton one day asked him how he had acquired so accurate a knowledge of Latin , in which , u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , he had for his schoolfellows , Dr. James , author of the Medicinal Dictionary ...
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He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say , “ And this I do to save you from the gallows . " Johnson , upon all occasions , expressed bis approbation of enforcing instruction by means of ...
He told Mr. Langton , that while Hunter was flogging his boys unmercifully , he used to say , “ And this I do to save you from the gallows . " Johnson , upon all occasions , expressed bis approbation of enforcing instruction by means of ...
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A few days before his death , , while burning a great mass of papers , he picked out from among them the original unformed sketch of this tragedy , in his own handwriting , and gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is ...
A few days before his death , , while burning a great mass of papers , he picked out from among them the original unformed sketch of this tragedy , in his own handwriting , and gave it to Mr. Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is ...
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The king having graciously accepted of this manuscript as a literary curiosity , Mr. 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 deposited ...
The king having graciously accepted of this manuscript as a literary curiosity , Mr. 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 deposited ...
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Johnson . London , 29 June , 1786 . A true copy from the original in Dr. Johnson's handwriting . Jas . DodsLEY . b From Mr. Langton . c In this poem one of the instances mentioned of ÆTAT . 39. ] DR . JOHNSON . 139 It will be observed, ...
Johnson . London , 29 June , 1786 . A true copy from the original in Dr. Johnson's handwriting . Jas . DodsLEY . b From Mr. Langton . c In this poem one of the instances mentioned of ÆTAT . 39. ] DR . JOHNSON . 139 It will be observed, ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford English classics Volume 1 of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2010 |
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