The Life of Samuel JohnsonJ. M. Dent, 1907 |
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... Bennet Langton , Esq . of Langton , in Lincolnshire , another much valued friend , commenced soon after the conclusion of his Rambler ; which that gentleman , then a youth , had read with so much admiration , that he came to London ...
... Bennet Langton , Esq . of Langton , in Lincolnshire , another much valued friend , commenced soon after the conclusion of his Rambler ; which that gentleman , then a youth , had read with so much admiration , that he came to London ...
Page 175
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR " SIR , SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " 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 ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , NEAR " SIR , SPILSBY , LINCOLNSHIRE . " 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 ...
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... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , LINCOLNSHIRE . 66 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 when you left me ; and ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . AT LANGTON , LINCOLNSHIRE . 66 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 when you left me ; and ...
Page 204
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . OF TRINITY COLLEGE , OXFORD . 66 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 recol- lecting , ( not without some degree of shame ...
... BENNET LANGTON , ESQ . OF TRINITY COLLEGE , OXFORD . 66 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 recol- lecting , ( 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 his ...
... 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 his ...
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