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 Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 páginas |
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... Langton - Beauclerk - Writings in the " Adventurer " -Extract from Diary — Mrs . Lennox's " Shakspeare Illustrated ... Langton , & c.— Barney's Interview with Johnson in Gough Square . CHAPTER X - 1758-1759 . Jodeson commences The ...
... Langton - Beauclerk - Writings in the " Adventurer " -Extract from Diary — Mrs . Lennox's " Shakspeare Illustrated ... Langton , & c.— Barney's Interview with Johnson in Gough Square . CHAPTER X - 1758-1759 . Jodeson commences The ...
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... Langton , Baretti , & c . - Grant of Pension by George III . to Johnson - Visit to Plymouth with Reynolds - Letters to Lord Bute and Baretti - Contributions to the " Poetical Calendar , " a character of Collins the Poet Page 219 CHAPTER ...
... Langton , Baretti , & c . - Grant of Pension by George III . to Johnson - Visit to Plymouth with Reynolds - Letters to Lord Bute and Baretti - Contributions to the " Poetical Calendar , " a character of Collins the Poet Page 219 CHAPTER ...
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... LANGTON , AT COVENT GARDEN . 109 · 126 PORTRAIT OF BENNET LANGTON , FROM A DRAWING BY A. WIVELL . 135 Page PORTRAIT OF TOPHAM BEAUCLERK , FROM A PRINT CHESTERFIELD List of Illustrations.
... LANGTON , AT COVENT GARDEN . 109 · 126 PORTRAIT OF BENNET LANGTON , FROM A DRAWING BY A. WIVELL . 135 Page PORTRAIT OF TOPHAM BEAUCLERK , FROM A PRINT CHESTERFIELD List of Illustrations.
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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 his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing ...
... 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 his time ; he said , " My master whipt me very well . Without that , Sir , I should have done nothing ...
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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 materials of prose , partly worked up into verse ; as ...
... 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 materials of prose , partly worked up into verse ; as ...
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