The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Volume 3Bradbury and Evans, 1818 - 704 pages |
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Page 249
... Bennet Langton , filled with humanity and gentleness . There had Goldsmith met a rarer visitor , the bland and gracious Reynolds , soon after his first introduction to him , a few months back , in Johnson's chambers ; and there would ...
... Bennet Langton , filled with humanity and gentleness . There had Goldsmith met a rarer visitor , the bland and gracious Reynolds , soon after his first introduction to him , a few months back , in Johnson's chambers ; and there would ...
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... Bennet Langton were asked and welcomed earnestly ; and , of course , Mr. Edmund Burke . He had lately left Dublin and politics for a time , and returned to literature in Queen Anne Street ; where a solid mark of his patron's ...
... Bennet Langton were asked and welcomed earnestly ; and , of course , Mr. Edmund Burke . He had lately left Dublin and politics for a time , and returned to literature in Queen Anne Street ; where a solid mark of his patron's ...
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... Langton assented , but could have wished to hear more from another person . ' Oh , no ! ' replied Burke , ' it is enough for me to have rung the bell to him . ' Bennet Langton was , in his own person , an eminent example of the high and ...
... Langton assented , but could have wished to hear more from another person . ' Oh , no ! ' replied Burke , ' it is enough for me to have rung the bell to him . ' Bennet Langton was , in his own person , an eminent example of the high and ...
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... Bennet Langton's . He was six feet six inches high , very meagre , stooped very much , pulled out a snuff - box whenever he began to talk , and had a habit of sitting with one leg twisted round the other , as if fearing to occupy more ...
... Bennet Langton's . He was six feet six inches high , very meagre , stooped very much , pulled out a snuff - box whenever he began to talk , and had a habit of sitting with one leg twisted round the other , as if fearing to occupy more ...
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... Bennet Langton , Esq . , at Langton , near Spilsby , in Lincolnshire , ' it seems to have been Goldsmith's first business to write on his return to his chambers in the Temple . The pleasant letter has happily been preserved , and is ...
... Bennet Langton , Esq . , at Langton , near Spilsby , in Lincolnshire , ' it seems to have been Goldsmith's first business to write on his return to his chambers in the Temple . The pleasant letter has happily been preserved , and is ...
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books John Forster No preview available - 2014 |
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