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... Bennet 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 ...
... Bennet 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 ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " SIR , -It has been long observed , that men do not suspect faults which they do not commit ; your own elegance of manners , and punctuality of complaisance , did not. 1 ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " SIR , -It has been long observed , that men do not suspect faults which they do not commit ; your own elegance of manners , and punctuality of complaisance , did not. 1 ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAREST SIR , -I must have indeed slept very fast , not to have been awakened by your letter . None of your suspicions are true ; I am not much richer than. t Of Shakspeare . " Mr ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAREST SIR , -I must have indeed slept very fast , not to have been awakened by your letter . None of your suspicions are true ; I am not much richer than. t Of Shakspeare . " Mr ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . OF TRINITY COLLEGE , OXFORD . " DEAR SIR , -Though I might have expected to hear from you , upon your entrance into a new state of life at a new place , yet recollecting , ( not without some degree of shame ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . OF TRINITY COLLEGE , OXFORD . " DEAR SIR , -Though I might have expected to hear from you , upon your entrance into a new state of life at a new place , yet recollecting , ( not without some degree of shame ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAR SIR , -I should be sorry to think that what engrosses the attention of my friend , should have no part of mine . Your mind is now full of the fate of Dury ; but ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " DEAR SIR , -I should be sorry to think that what engrosses the attention of my friend , should have no part of mine . Your mind is now full of the fate of Dury ; but ...
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