The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1Talboys & Wheeler, 1826 |
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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. u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , he had for his schoolfel- lows , Dr. James , author ...
... 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. u Besides Dr. Taylor , and others mentioned above , he had for his schoolfel- lows , Dr. James , author ...
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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 rod ...
... 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 rod ...
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... Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw mate- rials of prose , partly worked up into verse ...
... Langton , by whose favour a copy of it is now in my possession . It contains fragments of the intended plot , and speeches for the different persons of the drama , partly in the raw mate- rials of prose , partly worked up into verse ...
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... 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 in the king's library . His majesty was pleased to permit Mr. Langton to take a copy ...
... 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 in the king's library . His majesty was pleased to permit Mr. Langton to take a copy ...
Page 138
... But the fact is , that the poem was published on the 9th of January , and the tragedy was not acted till the 6th of the February following . - BosWELL . handwriting . b From Mr. Langton . JAS . DODSLEY 138 [ 1749 . THE LIFE OF.
... But the fact is , that the poem was published on the 9th of January , and the tragedy was not acted till the 6th of the February following . - BosWELL . handwriting . b From Mr. Langton . JAS . DODSLEY 138 [ 1749 . THE LIFE OF.
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