 | English literature - 1752 - 674 pages
...fome writers, defervcdly celebrated, frequently commit, only that The ellays profefledly ferióos, if I have been able to execute my own intentions, will be found exaflly conformable to the precepts of Chriilianity, without any accommodation to the licentioulnef-... | |
 | 1752 - 196 pages
...phantom before him; and though he laughs or rages, 'he is not reformed. The eflays profeffedly ferious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions, will be found exa•tly conformable to the precepts of Chriftianity, without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 416 pages
...phantom before him ; and though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The eflays profefledly ferious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions,...will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Chriftianity, without any accommodation to the licentioufrtefs and levity of of the prefent age. I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 422 pages
...phantom before him; and though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The eflays profefTedly ferious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions,...will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Chriftismity, without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs and levity Qf K°ao8. THE RAMBLER. 397... | |
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 636 pages
...his engaging irr it, had been heard, and was likely to be accepted. ' The eflays prpfefledly ferious, if I have been able * to execute my own intentions, will be found ex' actly conformable to the precepts of Chriftianity, * without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 642 pages
...engaging in it, had been heard, and was likely to be accepted. Ua 'The * The eflays profefTedly ferious, if I have been able ' to execute my own intentions, will be found ex( actly conformable to the precepts of Chriftianity, ' without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs... | |
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 634 pages
...his engaging in it, had been heard, and was likely to be accepted. * The eflays profefledly ferious, if I have been able * to execute my own intentions, will be found exk actly conformable to the precepts of Chriftianity, c without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...precepts of Chriftianity, ' without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs ' and levity of the prefent age. I therefore look ' back on this part of my work with pleafure, which ' no praife of man fhall diminifh or augment. I ' fhall never envy the honpurs which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...phantom before him ; and though he laughs or rages, is not reformed. The eflays profeffedly ferious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions,...will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Chriftianity, without any accommodation to the licentioufnefs and levity of the prefent age. I therefore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...precepts of ChrifHanity, without any " accommodation to the licentioufnefs and le" vity of the prefent age. I therefore look ** back on this part of my work with pleafure, " which no man fhall diminifh or augment. " I fhall never envy the honours which wit and... | |
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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. 
