 | Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 sidor
...whichthofe called Methodifts have, Johnfon faid, «f It is owing to their expreffing themfelves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good...by men of fenfe. To infift againft drunkennefs as a erime, becaufe it debafes Reafon, the nobleft faculty of man, would be of no fervice to the common... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 sidor
...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...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 sidor
...of every denomination. expressing Aetat. 54.] The Methodists. 531 expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good...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 sidor
...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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 sidor
...those called Methodists have, Johnson said, " It is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good...learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense. To insist... | |
 | James Everett - 1812 - 138 sidor
...success of the Methodists, the Dr. said, "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- the clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it i& suited to their... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - 158 sidor
...success of the Methodists, the Dr. said, "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 the clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 sidor
...those called Methodists have. JOHNSON. " 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 genins and learning ought todo from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations;... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 sidor
...those called Methodists have, Johnson said, " It is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do....learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense. To insist... | |
 | James Everett - 1819 - 198 sidor
...of the Methodists. " Sir," said the Doctor, " 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 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;... 
