Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 36
... alleys behind St. Martin's church , to sleep on a bulk in June and amidst the ashes of a glass - house in December , to die in an hospital , and to be buried in a POVERTY AND LUXURY 37 parish vault , was the fate 36 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... alleys behind St. Martin's church , to sleep on a bulk in June and amidst the ashes of a glass - house in December , to die in an hospital , and to be buried in a POVERTY AND LUXURY 37 parish vault , was the fate 36 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Page 46
... church for many years : but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat ; this shows he has good principles . ' Spain and Sicily must surely contain many pious robbers and well - principled assassins . Johnson could easily see ...
... church for many years : but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat ; this shows he has good principles . ' Spain and Sicily must surely contain many pious robbers and well - principled assassins . Johnson could easily see ...
Page 61
... church - government and toleration . We must not pass without notice the engravings with which this volume is decorated . Some of Mr. Harvey's woodcuts are admirably designed and executed . Mr. Martin's illustrations do not please us ...
... church - government and toleration . We must not pass without notice the engravings with which this volume is decorated . Some of Mr. Harvey's woodcuts are admirably designed and executed . Mr. Martin's illustrations do not please us ...
Page 70
... Church had succeeded the licence of innumerable sects , drunk with the sweet and heady must of their new liberty . Fanaticism , engendered by persecution , and destined to engender persecution in turn , spread rapidly through society ...
... Church had succeeded the licence of innumerable sects , drunk with the sweet and heady must of their new liberty . Fanaticism , engendered by persecution , and destined to engender persecution in turn , spread rapidly through society ...
Page 74
... Church of England . The moderation of his opinions on the subject of predestination gave offence to some zealous persons . We have seen an absurd allegory , the heroine of which is named Hephzibah , written by some raving supralapsarian ...
... Church of England . The moderation of his opinions on the subject of predestination gave offence to some zealous persons . We have seen an absurd allegory , the heroine of which is named Hephzibah , written by some raving supralapsarian ...
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