Samuel Johnson: A Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages Influence of Johnson's own religious interpretation on his life and work. |
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Page 196
... Latin poems to express his religious feelings . In the first place , he probably did not intend originally that they should be published . Most of those to which a date is assigned were written in the last few years of his life . One of ...
... Latin poems to express his religious feelings . In the first place , he probably did not intend originally that they should be published . Most of those to which a date is assigned were written in the last few years of his life . One of ...
Page 198
... Latin verses . Nevertheless , they differ from his earlier English prayers . Several of the Latin poems , like his petitions in English , are penitential exercises in which he al- ludes to himself as a sinner , but in them he seldom ...
... Latin verses . Nevertheless , they differ from his earlier English prayers . Several of the Latin poems , like his petitions in English , are penitential exercises in which he al- ludes to himself as a sinner , but in them he seldom ...
Page 202
... Latin . The English prayer is reproduced above on page 183. The Latin prayer may be translated as follows : Greatest God , to whom the hidden interior of the heart lies open ; whom no anxiety , no lust escapes ; from whom the subtle ...
... Latin . The English prayer is reproduced above on page 183. The Latin prayer may be translated as follows : Greatest God , to whom the hidden interior of the heart lies open ; whom no anxiety , no lust escapes ; from whom the subtle ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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