WetalkedofourworthyfriendMr。Langton。Hesaid，’IknownotwhowillgotoHeavenifLangtondoesnot。Sir，Icouldalmostsay，SitanimameacumLangtono。’Imentionedaveryeminentfriendasavirtuousman。JOHNSON。’Yes，Sir；but——hasnottheevangelicalvirtueofLangton——，Iamafraid，wouldnotscrupletopickupawench。’

　　HehoweverchargedMr。Langtonwithwhathethoughtwantofjudgmentuponaninterestingoccasion。’WhenIwasill，saidhe，

　　Idesiredhewouldtellmesincerelyinwhathethoughtmylifewasfaulty。Sir，hebroughtmeasheetofpaper，onwhichhehadwrittendownseveraltextsofScripture，recommendingchristiancharity。AndwhenIquestionedhimwhatoccasionIhadgivenforsuchananimadversion，allthathecouldsayamountedtothis，——

　　thatIsometimescontradictedpeopleinconversation。Nowwhatharmdoesitdotoanymantobecontradicted？’BOSWELL。’I

　　supposehemeanttheMANNERofdoingit；roughly，——andharshly。’

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