 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...himself no likeness to the phantom before him ; and, though he laughs or rages, is not reforpied. ^- t, The essays professedly serious, if I have been able...exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, withoutany accommodation to the licentiousness and levity or the present age. I therefore look back... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...arduous undertaking, be deemed by any friend to virtue in the smallest degree irrelevant or unmerited. " The essays professedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions," he observes, " will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of christianity, without any accommodation... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...arduous undertaking, be deemed by any friend to virtue in the smallest degree irrelevant or unmerited. " The essays professedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions," he observes, " will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without any accommodation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 pages
...in himself no likeness to the phantom before him ; and, though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The essays professedly serious, if I have been able...accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of of the present age. I therefore look back on this part of my work with pleasure, which no blame or... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...concluding paragraph, is so dignified, and pathetic, that it is impossible to avoid transcribing it. " The essays professedly serious, if I have been able...this part of my work with pleasure, which no blame of praise of man shall diminish or augment. " I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pages
...appears that the same religious spirit glowed with unabatin<»' ardour to the last. His O conclusion is: "The Essays professedly serious, *' if I have been able to execute my own in" tentions, will be found exactly conformable " to the precepts of Christianity, without " any accommodation... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 272 pages
...in himself no likeness to the phantom before him ; and though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The essays professedly serious, if I have been able...to execute my own intentions, will be found exactly •P" conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without d- any accommodation to the licentiousness... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...appears, that the same religious spirit glowed with unabating ardour to the last. His conclusion is : " The essays professedly serious, if I have been able...back on this part of my work with pleasure, which no man shall diminish or augment. I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 414 pages
...to the phantom before him ; and, though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The essays pfofessedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions,...accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of of of the present age. I therefore look back on this part of iny work with pleasure, which no blame... | |
 | 1822 - 370 pages
...in himself no likeness to the phantom before him ; and though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The essays professedly serious, if I have been able...blame or praise of man shall diminish or augment. 1 shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered... | |
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The essays professedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions, will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without any accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of the present age. 
