 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 strani
...belief of the marvelous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarchical principles. He was hard to please, and easily offended ; impetuous and irritable in his temper, but of a most humane... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 strani
...belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high church...which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 strani
...figure and manner, are, I believe, more generally known than those of almost any man ; yet it may not be superfluous here to attempt a sketch of him. Let my...remember that he was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high-church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 strani
...figure and manner, are, I believe, more generally known than those of almost any man ; yet it may not be superfluous here to attempt a sketch of him. Let my readers then remember that Jie was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high-church of England and monarchical principles, which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 strani
...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 suffer to be questioned; and, had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 strani
...figure and manner, are, I believe, more generally known than those of almost any man ; yet it may not be superfluous here to attempt a sketch of him. Let my...that he was a sincere and zealous c.hrist;ian,. of high-church_of England and monarchical principles, which he wcjuId._nQt tamely suffer to be -questioned... | |
 | 1926 - 648 strani
...from Boswell's character of Johnson at the beginning of The Journal «/ a Tour to the Hebrides : ' He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarcVi\ca\ principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; steady and inflexible... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 696 strani
...belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high church...which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and... | |
 | William C. Dowling - 2008 - 226 strani
...beginning of the Tour may be taken as an abstract of this view: it contains a section on Johnson's beliefs: "he was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high church of England and monarchical principles"; one on his physical appearance: "he wore boots, and a very wide brown cloth coat, with pockets which... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 strani
...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... | |
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He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics. 
