The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 14
... censured the licensed stews at Rome . BOSWELL . " So then , sir , you would allow of no irregular intercourse whatever between the sexes . " JOHNSON . " To be sure I would not , sir . I would punish it much more than it is done , and so ...
... censured the licensed stews at Rome . BOSWELL . " So then , sir , you would allow of no irregular intercourse whatever between the sexes . " JOHNSON . " To be sure I would not , sir . I would punish it much more than it is done , and so ...
Page 35
... censure , unless it be a name that bears down every thing before it . Nay , Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to the fame of another man . They might have run well enough by themselves ; but he has not only z We have here an ...
... censure , unless it be a name that bears down every thing before it . Nay , Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to the fame of another man . They might have run well enough by themselves ; but he has not only z We have here an ...
Page 43
... censures which the first of these notes has given rise to . The interpretation of the other passage , which Dr. Johnson allows to be disputable , he has clearly shown to be er- roneous . - BOSWELL . of an atrocious crime . I differed ...
... censures which the first of these notes has given rise to . The interpretation of the other passage , which Dr. Johnson allows to be disputable , he has clearly shown to be er- roneous . - BOSWELL . of an atrocious crime . I differed ...
Page 47
... censure pronounced from the pulpit , our de- termination must be formed , as in other cases , by a consi- deration of the act itself , and the particular circumstances with which it is invested . " The right of censure and rebuke seems ...
... censure pronounced from the pulpit , our de- termination must be formed , as in other cases , by a consi- deration of the act itself , and the particular circumstances with which it is invested . " The right of censure and rebuke seems ...
Page 48
... censures had no effect , they were seconded by the magistrates with coercion and punish- ment . " It therefore appears from ecclesiastical history , that the right of inflicting shame by publick censure has been always considered as ...
... censures had no effect , they were seconded by the magistrates with coercion and punish- ment . " It therefore appears from ecclesiastical history , that the right of inflicting shame by publick censure has been always considered as ...
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