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
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...approaching, he directed his son-in-law, the Karl of Warwirk, to be called ; and when the young lord desired, with great tenderness, to hear his last injunctions,...for you, that you may see how a Christian can die." In Tickell's beautiful eíegv on'his friend Ulereare these lines in allusion to thU moving interview... | |
 | 1849 - 586 pages
...the moving interview between the dying Addison and the Earl of Warwick, in which the former said, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a Christian can die." These matters are indeed almost too slight for critical animadversion ; but we think them blemishes... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1850 - 466 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 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 Tiekell's excellent elegy on his friend... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried: whea he found his life near its end, he directed the young...have sent for you that you may see how a Christian caa die." What effect this awful scene had on the earl, I kno-w net : he likewise died himself in a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 450 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him ; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried : when...his last injunctions, told him, " I have sent for yon, that you may see how a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene had on the Earl, I know... | |
 | 1855 - 384 pages
...sent for his stepson, Lord Warwick, whose licentious habits he had long striven to reform, and said to him, " I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die !" Look at this spectacle, and "see how a Christian can die." " Here is the patience of the saints... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 818 pages
...Addison died June 17, 1719 : having addressed to the dissolute Earl of Warwick these solemn words : " I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die I" he shortly after expired : "Th<Te taught us how to live, and— oh, too high The price for knowledge!—... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - 1858 - 360 pages
...Lord. Addison's reply to a young nobleman, who requested him to impart his last injunctions, was, " I have sent for you, that you may see how a Christian can die." It was in allusion to the last moments of this truly great man that Dr. Young wrote : — " He taught... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pages
...had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him; but his arguments and expostulations had no effect. One experiment, however, remained to be tried: when...with great tenderness, to hear his last injunctions, toldhim, "I have sent for you, that you may see now a Christian can die." What effect this awful scene... | |
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