...LETTER XX. TO BENNET LANGTON,1 ESQ., AT LANGTON, NEAR SPILSBY, IN LINCOLNSHIRE.2 MY DEAB SlR, Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last, I have been almost...at a farmer's house, quite alone, trying to write a comedy.2 It is now finished, but when or how it will be acted, or whether it will be acted at all,...

...NEAB SPILSBT, IN LINCOLNSHIBE.2 MT DEAB, SlE, Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last, I have teen almost wholly in the country at a farmer's house, quite alone, trying to write a comedy.3 It is now finished, but when or how it will be acted, or whether it will be acted at all,...

...LETTER XX. TO BENNET LANGTON,1 ESQ., AT LANGTON, NEAE SPILSBT, IN LINCOLNSHIEE.2 MY DEAB SlE, Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last, I have been almost...at a farmer's house, quite alone, trying to write a comedy.3 It is now finished, but when or how it will be acted, or whether it will be acted at all,...

...summer occupations and of the attacks of the critics on his History of England: " MY DEAR SIR: Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last, I have been almost...that, that I am under the necessity of putting off my intended visit to Lincolnshire for this season. Reynolds is just returned from Paris, and finds...

...countenance." This, with another passage at the beginning of the letter, in which he says he hhs " been almost wholly in the ' country at a farmer's house, quite alone, trying to write a comedy," is the first indication of his having again turned his attention to the stage. The new play was now...

...Langton in 1771 shows his characteristic attitude towards his work and the world. MY DEAR SIR, Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last, I have been almost...questions I cannot resolve. I am therefore so much resolved upon that, that I am under the necessity of putting off my intended visit to Lincolnshire...

...written to Bennet Langtou in 1771 shows his characteristic attitude towards his work and the world. trying to write a comedy. It is now finished, but...questions I cannot resolve. I am therefore so much resolved upon that, that I am under the necessity of putting off my intended visit to Lincolnshire...

...attitude towards his work and the world. MY DEAR SIR, Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last, I have almost wholly in the country at a farmer's house,...questions I cannot resolve. I am therefore so much resolved upon that, that I am under the necessity of putting off my intended visit to Lincolnshire...

...countenance." This, with another passage at the beginning of the letter, in which he says he has " been almost wholly in the country at a farmer's house, quite alone, trying to write a comedy,"* is the first indication of his having again turned his attention to the stage. The new play was now...

...countenance." This, with another passage at the beginning of the letter, in which he says he has " been almost wholly in the country at a farmer's house, quite alone, trying to' write a comedy,"2 is the first indication of his having again turned his attention to the stage. The new play...