 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 pages
...Matthew Bloxam entered at Pembroke College, March 25, 1729 j MA, July, 1735.— Hall.— Croter. man as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...: " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than...is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands thaft the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1897 - 584 pages
...comfortable cure. But Johnson held that the life of a parish priest is not easy. His parishioners are a larger family than he is able to maintain. ' I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.' They clubbed Pembroke memories, and Edwards mentioned... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pages
...JOHNSON. " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than...is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not tnvy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...JOHNSON: "Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered " suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 pages
...JOHNSON. 'Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than...is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
 | Alice Cecilia Caroline Gaussen - 1908 - 364 pages
...as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life. A conscientious clergyman is the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have a Chancery suit on my hands than the cure of souls.' Dr. Johnson was very fond of children, and one... | |
 | 1911 - 492 pages
...JOHNSON. ' Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pages
...JOHNSON. "Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than...is able to maintain: I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
 | George Lacey May - 1920 - 242 pages
...Johnson : Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than...is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life,... | |
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Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy*. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir,... 
