Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life (v.l, 1709-1765; v.2 1765-1776; v.3, 1776-1780; v.4, 1780-1784)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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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 ' Johnson described him as ' a peevish and ill - tempered man , ' and not so good a scholar or teacher ...
... 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 ' Johnson described him as ' a peevish and ill - tempered man , ' and not so good a scholar or teacher ...
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... 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 his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod1 ...
... 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 his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod1 ...
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... Langton , that ' his great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eighteen ' ( Ib . note ) . He told the King that his reading had later on been hindered by ill - health ( post , Feb. 1767 ) . 2 Hawkins ( Life , p . 9 ) ...
... Langton , that ' his great period of study was from the age of twelve to that of eighteen ' ( Ib . note ) . He told the King that his reading had later on been hindered by ill - health ( post , Feb. 1767 ) . 2 Hawkins ( Life , p . 9 ) ...
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... Seward , one of the Prebendaries . Bos- WELL . 3 Johnson's Works , vii . 380 . See post , 1780 , note at end of Mr. Langton's ' Collection . ' 5 See post , 1743 . stroke 82 Lichfield society . [ A.D. 1732 . stroke of.
... Seward , one of the Prebendaries . Bos- WELL . 3 Johnson's Works , vii . 380 . See post , 1780 , note at end of Mr. Langton's ' Collection . ' 5 See post , 1743 . stroke 82 Lichfield society . [ A.D. 1732 . stroke of.
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... Langton's ' Collection , ' as the author of ' the observation , " For anything I see , foreigners are fools ; " and ' Mr. Meynell , ' post , April 1 , 1779 , as saying that The chief advantage of London is , that a man is always so near ...
... Langton's ' Collection , ' as the author of ' the observation , " For anything I see , foreigners are fools ; " and ' Mr. Meynell , ' post , April 1 , 1779 , as saying that The chief advantage of London is , that a man is always so near ...
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