...examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely...unfavourable to the prevalence of that noble freedom of spirit which is the best possession of man. Nor can it be denied that he had many prejudices, which,...

...Let my readers then remember that Jie was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high-church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; steady and inflexible in maintaining the obligations of piety and virtue, both from a regard to the...

...church" (Life, nI, 59). In short, Johnson was "a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church-of-England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned" (Life, iv, 416). When Johnson himself was enduring a personal crisis (Diaries, pp. 44-47, 59-60) or...

...them, Boswell implicitly admits himself, though sharing his convictions, and that through them "he had perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind...somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics." And it is not one of the least interests of this book that it allows us to follow the intentional narrowing...

...important questions, as Boswell notes: He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church-of-England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned . . . His being impressed with the danger of extreme latitude in either [religion or politics] , though...