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... obliged to him ; but I begged that he would go on as to the propitiation being the chief object of our most holy faith . He then dictated this one other paragraph . ] " The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is , that of an universal ...
... obliged to him ; but I begged that he would go on as to the propitiation being the chief object of our most holy faith . He then dictated this one other paragraph . ] " The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is , that of an universal ...
Pàgina 18
... obliged and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " June 23 , 1781. " SIR , 66 TO THOMAS ASTLE , ESQ . " I AM ashamed that you have been forced to call so often for your books , but it has been by nọ fault on either side . They have ...
... obliged and most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON . " " June 23 , 1781. " SIR , 66 TO THOMAS ASTLE , ESQ . " I AM ashamed that you have been forced to call so often for your books , but it has been by nọ fault on either side . They have ...
Pàgina 45
... obliged and obedient servant , " MARGARET Boswell . " The death of Mr. Thrale had made a very material alteration with respect to Johnson's reception in that family . The manly authority of the husband no longer curbed the lively ...
... obliged and obedient servant , " MARGARET Boswell . " The death of Mr. Thrale had made a very material alteration with respect to Johnson's reception in that family . The manly authority of the husband no longer curbed the lively ...
Pàgina 46
... use of his carriage whenever he pleased . Johnson ( 3d Oc- tober , 1782 ) returned this polite answer : - " Mr. 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 214 . Johnson is very much obliged by the kind offer of 46 [ 1782 . THE LIFE OF.
... use of his carriage whenever he pleased . Johnson ( 3d Oc- tober , 1782 ) returned this polite answer : - " Mr. 1 Prayers and Meditations , p . 214 . Johnson is very much obliged by the kind offer of 46 [ 1782 . THE LIFE OF.
Pàgina 47
James Boswell Edmond Malone. Johnson is very much obliged by the kind offer of the carriage , but he has no desire of using Mr. Metcalfe's carriage , except when he can have the pleasure of Mr. Metcalfe's company . " Mr. Metcalfe could ...
James Boswell Edmond Malone. Johnson is very much obliged by the kind offer of the carriage , but he has no desire of using Mr. Metcalfe's carriage , except when he can have the pleasure of Mr. Metcalfe's company . " Mr. Metcalfe could ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 165 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Pàgina 24 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Pàgina 198 - Johnson having argued for some time with a pertinacious gentleman ; his opponent, who had talked in a very puzzling manner, happened to say, " I don't understand you, Sir ; " upon which Johnson observed, " Sir, I have found you an argument ; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Pàgina 314 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Pàgina 292 - Signed, sealed, published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Pàgina 166 - Bacon upon this subject ; testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow ; the force of it depends on the strength of the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow from a cross-bow, which has equal force though shot by a child.
Pàgina 220 - Veneration for his virtue, reverence for his talents, delight in his conversation, and habitual endurance of a yoke my husband first put upon me, and of which he contentedly bore his share for sixteen or seventeen years, made me go on so long with Mr. Johnson; but the perpetual confinement I will own to have been terrifying in the first years of our friendship, and irksome in the last; nor could I pretend to support it without help, when my coadjutor was no more.
Pàgina 24 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Pàgina 182 - It is the most extraordinary thing that has happened in my day. I heard it with my own ears, from his uncle, Lord Westcote. I am so glad to have every evidence of the spiritual world, that I am willing to believe it.
Pàgina 165 - I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called...