'TO MISS JANE LANGTON, IN ROCHESTER, KENT.
'MY DEAREST MISS JENNY,--I am sorry that your pretty letter has been so
long without being answered; but, when I am not pretty well, I do not
always write plain enough for young ladies. I am glad, my dear, to see
that you write so well, and hope that you mind your pen, your book,
and your needle, for they are all necessary. Your books will give you
knowledge, and make you respected; and your needle will find you useful
employment when you do not care to read. When you are a little older, I
hope you will be very diligent in learning arithmetick, and, above all,
that through your whole life you will carefully say your prayers, and
read your Bible. I am, my dear, your most humble servant,
'May 10, 1784.'
'SAM. JOHNSON.'
On Wednesday, May 5, I arrived in London, and next morning had the
pleasure to find Dr. Johnson greatly recovered. I but just saw him;
for a coach was waiting to carry him to Islington, to the house of his
friend the Reverend Mr.
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