 | 1859 - 650 pàgines
...sighing for what he called the easy life of a parson, 'the life of a parson is not easy. No, Sir, 1 do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' The retirement would have been as fatal to Johnson as the occupation was distasteful. His malady required... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 pàgines
...sighing for what he called the easy life of a parson, ' the life of a parson is not easy. No, Sir, 1 do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' The retirement ment would have been as fatal to Johnson as the occupation was distasteful. His malady... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1859 - 584 pàgines
...sighing for what' he called the easy life of a parson, ' the life of a parson is not easy. No, Sir, 1 do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' The retirement ment would have been as fatal to Johnson as the occupation was •distasteful. His malady... | |
 | 1859 - 578 pàgines
...sighing for what he called the easy life of a parson, ' the life of a parson is not easy. No, Sir, 1 do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' The retirement ment would have been as fatal to Johnson as the occupation was distasteful. His malady... | |
 | Anne Mathews - 1860 - 380 pàgines
...that he considered the life of a clergyman an easy and comfortable one, the Doctor replied, " The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always...father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No, sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pàgines
...of this profession, " I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the care of souls ; for I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy one." Of course all professions and callings may be broadly placed under one of two heads : those which... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pàgines
...parson, and had a good living, like Bloxam and several others, and lived comfortably." — Johnson. " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman,...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life." Here taking himself up all of a sudden, lie exclaimed, " Oh, Mr. Edwards, I'll convince you that I... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pàgines
...of this profession, " I would rather have chancery suits iipon my hands than the care of souls ; for I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy one." Of course all professions and callings may be broadly placed under one of two heads : those which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pàgines
...or, which is the same thing as to purchase-money, an author who pleases the public. A PARSON'S LIFE. The life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman,...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life. MANDEVILLE'S PRIVATE VICES PUBLICBENEFITS. The fallacy of that book is, that Mandeville defines neither... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pàgines
...life of a clergyman an easy and comfortable one, the Doctor made this memorable reply : ' The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always...father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life ; nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it... | |
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Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir,... 
