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" ... irregular life, and perhaps of loose opinions. Addison, for whom he did not want respect, had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him, but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried; when he found... "
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets,: With Critical Observations on ... - Page 412
by Samuel Johnson - 1835
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...be called j and wtwn tie desired, with great tenderness, to .hear his last injunctions, told Jiim, "I have sent for you that you may 'see how a Christian can die." Vh« effect this awful scene had on the earl, 1 know not ; he likewise died himself in a short time....
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 pages
...experiment however remained to be tried. When he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired, with great...tenderness to hear his last injunctions, told him, / have sent for you that you may see hota a CHRISTIAN CAN DIE. Having given directions to Mr. Tickel...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...remained to be tried. When he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be caHed ; and when he desired, with great tenderness to hear his last injunctions, told him, / have sent for you that you may see hoiv a CHRistiAN CAN DIE. Having given directions to Mr. Tickel...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 102

1855 - 620 pages
...accompany old age, and able to say with Addison to any sorrowing relative who may have needed the lesson, ' I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian ' can die." We may apply to him, with the alteration of a word or two, what he said in his letter to Sir James...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...When he found his life near its end, he directed Lord Warwick, a young man of very irregular life, to be called ; and when he desired with great tenderness to hear his last injunctions, told him, 1 have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die. What effect this awful scene had on the...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called; and when he desired, with great...not: he likewise died himself in a short time. In TickelPs excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines: He taught us how to live; and, o!i ! too liigh...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...experiment, however, remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired, with great...him, *' I have sent for you. that you may see how a f< Christian can die." What effect this awful scene \ * Spence. had had on the earl, I know not : he...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 pages
...experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired, with great...injunctions, told him, " I have sent for you, that you may sec how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the earl, I know not: he likewise...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called; and when he desired, with great...injunctions, told him, " I have sent for you, that you mav see how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the earl, I know not: he likewise...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life near its end, he directed the young lord to be called; and when he desired, with great tenderness, to heur his last injunctions, told him, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a Christian can die."...
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