 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 strani
...principle. And though tkrj are accumulating for him ia heaven a trcajure ofblijs priportiancd 10 4 and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good...learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is fuited to their congregations ; a practice, for which they will be praifed by men of fenfe. To infift... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 strani
...to 1763. and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, an< ^ wn i en clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is fuited to their congregations; a practice, for which they will be praifed by men of fenfe. To infift... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 strani
...principle. And though tky art accumulating for him in bea-vena treafure of blifs proportioned to '763- and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is fuited to their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 strani
...fuccefs whichthofe called Methodifts have, Johnfon faid, «f It is owing to their expreffing themfelves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only...learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is fuited to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praifed by men of fenfe. To infift... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 strani
...Subjec-.,, &c . by Jofeph Milner, AM Master of the Grammar School of Kingston-upon-HuH^ 1789,^. II. -, and familiar manner, Which is the only way to do good...from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congrega- • tions ; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense. To, insist against... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 strani
...may be found, in many Christians of every denomination. expressing Aetat. 54.] The Methodists. 531 expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner,...clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a Johnson himself was, in a dignified manner, a Methodist. In his Rambler, No. 1 10, he mentions with... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 628 strani
...whom I here allude, to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which, he thought, the only way to do good to the common people, and...to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited 7 to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense. To insist, says... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 strani
...talked of preaching, and of the great success which those called methodists 8 have. JOHNSON. "Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain...drunkenness as a crime, because it debases reason, the * All who are acquainted with the history of religion, (the most important, surely, that concerns the... | |
 | James Everett - 1812 - 138 strani
...great biographer speaking one day of the preaching and success of the Methodists, the Dr. said, "Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain...only way to do good to the common people, and which- the clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it i& suited to their... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - 158 strani
...Johnson. On Boswell's making some observations on the success of the Methodists, the Dr. said, "Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain...only way to do good to the common people, and which the clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their... | |
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Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations... 
