Johnsonian Miscellanies, Volume 2George Birkbeck Norman Hill Harper and Brothers, 1897 |
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... Langton's , and scraped in ' As he was ever one of the most quick - sighted men I ever knew in discovering the good and amiable qualities of others , so was he ever inclined to palliate their defects . ' Hawkins , p . 50 . ' Reynolds ...
... Langton's , and scraped in ' As he was ever one of the most quick - sighted men I ever knew in discovering the good and amiable qualities of others , so was he ever inclined to palliate their defects . ' Hawkins , p . 50 . ' Reynolds ...
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... Langton ; and Johnson's letters to Mr. Hastings - three in all - one of them long and admirable ; but what sets the diamonds in pure gold of Ophir is a letter from Mr. Hastings to me , illustrating them and their writer . I had this day ...
... Langton ; and Johnson's letters to Mr. Hastings - three in all - one of them long and admirable ; but what sets the diamonds in pure gold of Ophir is a letter from Mr. Hastings to me , illustrating them and their writer . I had this day ...
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... Langton told H. D. Best that Burke was rude and violent in dispute ; instancing , " if any one as- serted that the United States were in the wrong in their quarrel with the mother country , or that England to to Edmond Malone . 23 ...
... Langton told H. D. Best that Burke was rude and violent in dispute ; instancing , " if any one as- serted that the United States were in the wrong in their quarrel with the mother country , or that England to to Edmond Malone . 23 ...
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... Langton is in town , and dines with me to - morrow quietly , and revises his Collectanea6 . Jan. 18. 1791. I have been so disturbed by sad money- matters , that my mind has been quite fretful : 500l . which I 1 For his defeat at ...
... Langton is in town , and dines with me to - morrow quietly , and revises his Collectanea6 . Jan. 18. 1791. I have been so disturbed by sad money- matters , that my mind has been quite fretful : 500l . which I 1 For his defeat at ...
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... Langton and Seward , eat a plain bit with me , in my new house , last Saturday . Sir Joshua has put up Dr. Lawrence , who will be blackballed as sure as he exists 3 . We dined on Wednesday at Sir Joshua's ; thirteen without Miss P. 4 ...
... Langton and Seward , eat a plain bit with me , in my new house , last Saturday . Sir Joshua has put up Dr. Lawrence , who will be blackballed as sure as he exists 3 . We dined on Wednesday at Sir Joshua's ; thirteen without Miss P. 4 ...
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