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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 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 ...
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... 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 chiefly ...
... 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 chiefly ...
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... Langton for his being of a very ancient family ; for I have heard him say , with pleasure , " Langton , sir , has a grant of free warren from Henry the second ; and cardinal Stephen Langton , in king John's reign , was of this family ...
... Langton for his being of a very ancient family ; for I have heard him say , with pleasure , " Langton , sir , has a grant of free warren from Henry the second ; and cardinal Stephen Langton , in king John's reign , was of this family ...
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... Langton deserted them , being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies . Johnson scolded him for " leaving his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . " Garrick being told of this ramble , said to ...
... Langton deserted them , being engaged to breakfast with some young ladies . Johnson scolded him for " leaving his social friends , to go and sit with a set of wretched un - idea'd girls . " Garrick being told of this ramble , said to ...
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Page 173 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 172 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before. The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native...
Page 172 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door...
Page 202 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 173 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 281 - Scotland," which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as if I had said that I had come away from it, or left it, retorted, "That, sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Page 121 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Page 332 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 241 - ... to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the...
Page 205 - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.