Lord Warwick was a young man of very 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,... The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 162de Alexander Chalmers - 1812Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 376 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostu,lations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...him, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a * Spence. christJan can die." What effect this awful scene had on the earl, I know not: he likewise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him; but his arguinents and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...him, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a Chris" tian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the Earl, I know not : he likewise died himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 426 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him; but his argnments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...him, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a Chris" tian can die." What effect this awful scene had on jhe Earl, I know not : he likewise died himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One e£periment, however, remained to be tried : when he found his...told him, " I have sent for you, that you may se'e * Spence. how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the Earl, I know not : he likewise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 434 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One ex.periment, however, remained to be tried: when...told him, " I have sent for you, that you may see * Spence. how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the Earl, I know not : he likewise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 428 pages
...endeavoured to reclaim him; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One ex- • periment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life...told him, " I have sent for you, that you may see * Spence. how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the Earl, I know not: he likewise... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1821 - 542 pages
...profligate habits and infidel principles, and, contemplating him with a serene countenance, said, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a Christian can die !" He expired, after a short illness, at Holland-house, on the • 17th of June, 1719, in the forty-seventh... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 298 pages
...expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried: when he found his life i7 Spenoe. near its end, he directed the young lord to be called...and when he desired, with great tenderness, to hear bis last injunctions, told him, "I have sent for you, that you may see how a Christian can die." What... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 pages
...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 his life 17 Spenoe. near its end, be directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired, with great... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...can die." What effect this awful scene had on the Earl, I know not : he likewise died himself in a short time. * Spence. t This account of Addison's... | |
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