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 - 1823 - 446 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... | |
 | 1823 - 876 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect : One experiment, however, remained to be tried. When...a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene bad on the earl's behaviour is not known : he died himself in a short time. Having given directions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 394 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene * Sptnce. had on the Earl, I know not: he likewise died himself in a short time. In TickelTs excellent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 438 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, 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... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...however, remained to be tried ; upon the approach of death he sent for him, and on his arrival he said, "I have sent for you, that you may see how a Christian may die." But whether it had the desired effect it cannot be ascertained. Soon after Addison closed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 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. In TickelPs excellent elegy on his friend... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...to hear his last injunctions, told him : " I have j sent for you, that you may see how a christian can die." ' What effect this awful scene had on the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 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 near its end, he direoted the young lord to be called ; and when he desired, with great tenderness, to hear his last... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1820 - 456 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect : one experiment, however, remained to be tried. When...last injunctions, told him, " I have sent for you to see how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the earl's behaviour is not known... | |
 | Henry Clissold - 1829 - 716 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment however remained to be tried. When...tenderness to hear his last injunctions, told him, " / have sent for you, that you may sec in what peace a Christian can die" What effect this awful scene... | |
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