 | James Boswell - 1791 - Liczba stron: 564
...drunkennefs as a crime, becaufe it debafes Reafon, the nobleft faculty of man, would be of no fervice to the common people : but to tell them that they may die in a fit of drunkennefs, and fhew them how dreadful that would be, cannot fail to make a deep impreffion. Sir,... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - Liczba stron: 934
...of an invisible state. What Dr. Johnson advanced on another subject, may, in part, be applied here: "To insist against drunkenness as a crime, because...no service to the common people; but to tell them they may die in a fit of drunkenness, and shew them how dreadful that would be, cannot fail to make... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - Liczba stron: 464
...themfelves 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 fuited to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praifed by men of fenfe. To infift... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Liczba stron: 640
...called himself a Methodist.' Piozzi Letters, ii. 1 19. principle 532 Greenwich hospital. [AD 1763. principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations...practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense1. To insist against drunkenness as a crime, because it debases reason, the noblest faculty of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Liczba stron: 496
...1789,^. II. -, 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 congrega- • tions ; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense. To, insist against... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - Liczba stron: 628
...plain and familiar manner, which, he thought, 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 7 to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense. To insist, says... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - Liczba stron: 514
...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...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 - Liczba stron: 138
...a plain and familiar manner, which is the 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 congregations; a practice, for which they will be praised by men of sense. To insist... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - Liczba stron: 158
...in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which the clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from...insist against drunkenness as a crime, because it degrades reason, the noblest faculty of man, would be of no service to the common people : but to tell... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - Liczba stron: 466
...the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genins and learning ought todo from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their...praised by men of sense. To insist against drunkenness asa crime, because it debases reason, the noblest faculty of man, would be of no service to the common... | |
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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;... 
