The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 5C. Ewer & T. Bedlington, 1824 |
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " How welcome your account of yourself and your invitation to your new house was to me , I need not . tell you , who consider our friendship not only as form- ed by choice , but as matured by time . We have been ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " How welcome your account of yourself and your invitation to your new house was to me , I need not . tell you , who consider our friendship not only as form- ed by choice , but as matured by time . We have been ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " You may very reasonably charge me with insen- sibility of your kindness , and that of Lady Rothes , since I have suffered so much time to pass without pay- ing any acknowledgment . I now , at last , return my ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . " You may very reasonably charge me with insen- sibility of your kindness , and that of Lady Rothes , since I have suffered so much time to pass without pay- ing any acknowledgment . I now , at last , return my ...
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... Bennet Langton , Esq .; three hundred pounds in the hands of Mr. Barclay and Mr. Perkins , brewers ; one hundred and fifty pounds in the hands of Dr. Percy , Bishop of Dromore ; one thousand pounds , three per cent . annuities in the ...
... Bennet Langton , Esq .; three hundred pounds in the hands of Mr. Barclay and Mr. Perkins , brewers ; one hundred and fifty pounds in the hands of Dr. Percy , Bishop of Dromore ; one thousand pounds , three per cent . annuities in the ...
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... Bennet Langton , Esq , 1 give and bequeath my Polyglot Bible . To Sir Joshua Reynolds , my great French Dictionary , by Martiniere , and my own copy of my folio English Dictionary , of the last revision . To Dr. William Scott , one of ...
... Bennet Langton , Esq , 1 give and bequeath my Polyglot Bible . To Sir Joshua Reynolds , my great French Dictionary , by Martiniere , and my own copy of my folio English Dictionary , of the last revision . To Dr. William Scott , one of ...
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... Langton , Bennet , Esq . i . 170 , 182 , n . 228 , 240 ' ; iii . 6 , 73 , 86 , iv . 262 ; v . 148 , 149 , n . Johnson's high praise of his moral character , iv . 2 . Johnson's letters to , i . 205 , 232 , 259 ; ii . 99 , 100 , 126 , 204 ...
... Langton , Bennet , Esq . i . 170 , 182 , n . 228 , 240 ' ; iii . 6 , 73 , 86 , iv . 262 ; v . 148 , 149 , n . Johnson's high praise of his moral character , iv . 2 . Johnson's letters to , i . 205 , 232 , 259 ; ii . 99 , 100 , 126 , 204 ...
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