The life of Samuel Johnson, , comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons . BENNET LANGTON. 136 BOSWELLS LIFE OF JOHNSON. [ TOPHAM BEAUCLERK. student, Mr. Tophain Beauclerk ; who though their opinions andmodes of life were so diflferent, that it seemed utterly improbable thatthey should at all agree, had so ardent a love of literature, so acute an understanding, such elegance of man-ners, and so well discerned the ex-cellent qualities of Mr. Langton, agentlem
The life of Samuel Johnson, , comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons . BENNET LANGTON. 136 BOSWELLS LIFE OF JOHNSON. [ TOPHAM BEAUCLERK. student, Mr. Tophain Beauclerk ; who though their opinions andmodes of life were so diflferent, that it seemed utterly improbable thatthey should at all agree, had so ardent a love of literature, so acute an understanding, such elegance of man-ners, and so well discerned the ex-cellent qualities of Mr. Langton, agentleman eminent not only for worthand learning, but for an inexhaustiblefund of entertaining conversation,that they became intimate friends. Johnson, soon after this acquaint-ance began, passed a considerable timeat Oxford. He at first thought itstrange that Langton should associateso much with one who had the cha-racter of being loose, both in hisprinciples and practice ; but, bydegrees, he himself was Beauclerks being of the family, and having, in someparticulars, a resemblance to Charles II., contributed, in Johnsonsimagination, to throw a lustre upon his other qualities ; and in a shorttime, the moral, pious Johnson, and the gay
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