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" 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 must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 242
by Samuel Johnson - 1806
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...into the church, but in time altered his mind ; 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 retch, ha must straight perjure himself. He the • " it better to prefer...
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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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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...aeademicks. s He went to the university with a design of entering into the church, but in time altered his mind ; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman...and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a con" science that could not retch, he must straight perjure himself. He thought " it better to prefer...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...he took « ith a conscience that could retch, he must either strain perforce or split his faith ; I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking bought and begun with serritude and forswearing." Reasons of Church Gov. PWT ip prefer the range of the world to the confinement...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...academics, He went to the university with a design of entering into the church, but in time altered his mind ; for he declared, that whoever became a clergyman...he took with a conscience that ; could not retch, lie must straight perjure himself. ' He thought it better to prefer a blameless silence ' before the...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded 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 strait perjure, or split his faith; I thought it better to prefer a blameless...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...that profession which he not only renounced, but treated with a virulence peculiar to himself, saying, that whoever became a clergyman must " subscribe slave,...could not retch, he must straight perjure himself. I thought it better therefore, (he adds,) to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking,...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 7

John Aikin - Biography - 1808 - 730 pages
...maturity of years, he had perceived what tyranny had invaded it, and that he who would take orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that could retch, he must strait perjure or split his faith." This denotes a man resolved to think and act for...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...conscience that could not retch, he must straight perjure himself. I thought it better therefore, (he adds,) to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking, bought and begun with servitude and foreswearing." This, if it means any thing, can have an allusion only to the oaths of civil and canonical...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...maturity of years, and perceiving \vhat tyranny had invaded 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 stretch, he must either strain, perjure, or split his faith; I thought it better to prefer a...
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