Bennet Langton manuscript material : 1 item, 1786

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Bennet Langton manuscript material : 1 item, 1786

ยท To Charles Burney, musician and author : 1 autrograph letter signed : 3 Apr 1786 : (MISC 0964) : from Queen's Square, Westminster : begins, "I desire leave to mention to you that Dr. Parr has been so kind to promise to favour me with his company at dinner on Friday next ..."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7998416

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Langton, Bennet, 1737-1801

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Epithet: of Add MS 38510 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00006a Bennet Langton, English writer, and friend of Samuel Johnson. From the description of Bennet Langton manuscript material : 1 item, 1786 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 696631839 ...