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" ... the Church, to whose service by the intentions of my parents and friends I was destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions, till coming to some maturity of years and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take Orders... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: Lives of the poets - Page 70
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks. He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, but in time altered his...; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman muft '' fubfcribe flave, and take an oath *' withal, which, unlefs he took with a •" confcience that...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks. He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, but in time altered his...for he declared, that whoever 'became a clergyman muft " fubfcribe flave, and " take an oath withal, which, unlefs he took 2 " with. ** with a confcience...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by acacfernicks. * He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, but in time altered his mind ; for he declared, that whoever became a.clergyman muft " fubfcribe flave, and "take an oath withal, which, unlefs he took ** with a conference...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks, He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, but in time altered his...; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman muft " fub" fcribe Have, and take an oath withal, which, unlefsf (t he took with a confcience that...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks. He went to the uruveriity with a detlgn of entering into the church, but in time altered his mind ; for he dei Lued, that whoever became a clergyman muft " fub" fcribe Have, 2nd take an oath withal, which,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks. He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, b-ut in time altered...mind; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman muft " fubfcribe flave, and take an oath wiihal, * By the mention of this name, he evidently refers...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were acted by academicks. He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, but in time altered his mind ; for he declared, that whoever be-^ came a clergyman muft " fubfcribe Have* " and take an oath withal, which, unlefs he " took with...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...the theatre afford hii;i. Plays were therefore, only crio-.inal when they were acted hv academicks. He went to the university with a design of entering...; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman n " subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a " science that could not...
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...therefore only criminal when they were aded by academicks. He went to the univerfity with a defign of entering into the church, but in time altered his...; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman muft " fubfcribe flave, and take an oath withal, * By the mention of this name, he evidently refers...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 111

English literature - 1860 - 566 pages
...of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded in the Church, — that he who would take orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure or split his faith; — I thought it better to prefer...
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