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 86
... continued until the last few years of his life , but because of his better financial circumstances , his later sermons were likely to have been composed for friends , like Taylor , and written , not for a fee , but as a favor ...
... continued until the last few years of his life , but because of his better financial circumstances , his later sermons were likely to have been composed for friends , like Taylor , and written , not for a fee , but as a favor ...
Page 128
... continued , and Boswell reports , " The horrour of death which I had always observed in Dr. Johnson appeared strong to - night . " Yet he adds the confession , " I ventured to tell him , that I had been , for moments in my life , not ...
... continued , and Boswell reports , " The horrour of death which I had always observed in Dr. Johnson appeared strong to - night . " Yet he adds the confession , " I ventured to tell him , that I had been , for moments in my life , not ...
Page 134
... continued existence in hell to losing all mental and physical consciousness . This is just the point Johnson made when he remarked he would choose a life of torment to annihilation . Like Belial , what he feared in this connection was ...
... continued existence in hell to losing all mental and physical consciousness . This is just the point Johnson made when he remarked he would choose a life of torment to annihilation . Like Belial , what he feared in this connection was ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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