Jeremy Collier, Sir?' JOHNSON. 'Jeremy Collier fought without a rival, and therefore could not claim the victory.' Mr. Henderson mentioned Kenn and Kettlewell; but some objections were made: at last he said, 'But, Sir, what do you think of Leslie?' JOHNSON.... The Irish Quarterly Review - Page 4581851Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pages
...said, " But, Sir, what do you think of Lesley ?" JOHNSON. " Charles Lesley I had forgotten. Lesley was a reasoner and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against." hostility of Warburton in my Shakespeare, I should have quoted th,is couplet: ' Here Learning, blinded... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 506 pages
...said, but, Sir, " What do you think of Lesley?" JOHNSON. "Charles Lesley I had forgotten. Lesley ivas a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against." other eminent divines of that persuasion ; and did not recollect that the seven Bishops, so justly... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...said, " But, sir, what do you think of Lesley T' JOHNSON. " Charles Lesley I had forgotten. Lesley was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against."- — BOSWELL. k See a note to a former page in this volume, under 1781. — ED. Mrs. Kennicot, in confirmation... | |
| William Strong (bookseller.) - 1828 - 530 pages
...2154 THEOLOGICAL WORKS, collected into 2 vols, folio, aßae copy in old calf, 21 8s — — 1721 " Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned asainst."— Dr. Si«. JOH.NKON. It is eaid that this author brought more persons from other persua&ioni... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 456 pages
...did not write against Warburton." JOHNSoN. " No, Sir, I treated him. Lesley I had forgotten. Lesley was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against." with great respect both in my preface and in my notes." (') Mrs. Kennicot spoke of her brother, the... | |
| Irishman - 1842 - 254 pages
...answer to the question, " What do you think of Leslie?" he said, " Charles Leslie, I had forgotten; Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against."* Of the argument against the Deist, an interesting history is given by its editor, Mr Jones, who received... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1846 - 756 pages
...p. 287. Henderson. But, sir, what do you think of Leslie ? Johnson. Charles Leslie I had forgotten. Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against." — Charles Leslie was a Protestant adherent to the Pretender, in 1714, and would have converted him... | |
| James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...he said, "But, Sir, what do you think of Lesley?" Johnson: "Charles Lesley I had forgotten. Lesley was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against." — BOSWKLL. faculty to many of their writers ; to Hickes, Brett, and other eminent divines of that... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1859 - 320 pages
...he said, "Bur, Sir, what do you think of Lesley?" Johnson: "Charles Lesley I had forgotten. Lesley was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned aga:nst." — BOSWELL. faculty to many of their writers ; to Hickes, Brett, and other eminent divines... | |
| William Thomas Lowndes - English literature - 1860 - 298 pages
...brought more persons from other persuasions unto the Church of England, than any man ever did.' Dr. Johnson observed, ' Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against.' Prefixed is a portrait of Leslie by Vertue. LARGE PAPER, 'M. 12s. 6d. LARGEST PAPEB, 41. 48. New edition.... | |
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