 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1791 - 608 pages
...opinion he could not recover without a miracle. " Then (faid Johnfon) I will take no more phyfick, not even my opiates; for I have prayed that I may render up my foul to GOD unclouded." In this refolution he perfevered, and at the fame time ufed only the weakeft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...his opinion he could not recover without a miracle. " Then (faid Johnfon) I will take no more phyfie, not even my opiates : for I have prayed that I may render up my foul to GOD unclouded." In this refolution he perfevered ; and at the fame time ufed only the weaken":... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...he could recover, and being informed that he could not, not, without a miracle—" then," said he, " I will take no more" physic, not even my " opiates,...that I may " render up my soul to God, unclouded*." To be disgusted with the world too, is not the proper motive of wishing for death. The vanities and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...he could, declared that in his opinion he could not recover without a miracle. " Then (said Johnson) I will take no more physic, not even my opiates. for...prayed that I may render up my soul to GOD unclouded." In this resolution he persevered; and at the same time used only the weakest kinds of sustenance. For... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...opinion, he could not recover without a miracle. " Then, (said Johnson,) I will take no more physick, not even my opiates ; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to GOD unclouded." In this resolution he persevered, and, at the same time, used only the weakest kinds of sustenance.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...opinion, he could not recover without a miracle. " Then, (said Johnson,) I will take no more physick, not even my opiates; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to GOD unclouded." In this resolution he persevered, and, 1734. at the same time, used only the weakest kinds sustenance.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...Then," said he, " I will take no more physic, not even my opiates, nor any inebriating sustenance, for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded." In this resolution he steadily persevered ; and used only the weakest sustenance. As his end drew near,... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...he could, declared that in his opinion he could not recover without a miracle. " Then (said Johnson) I will take no more physic, not even my opiates- for...prayed that I may render up my soul to GOD unclouded." In this resolution he persevered; and at the same time used only the weakest kinds of sustenance. For... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...could, declared; that, in his opinion, he could not recover without a miracle. " Then," said Johnson, " I will take no more physic, not even my opiates ;...prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded." In this resolution he persevered, and, at the same time, used only the weakest kind of sustenance.... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...could, declared, that, in his opinion, he could not recover without a jniracle. " Then," said Johnson, " I will take no more physic, not even my opiates ;...prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded." In this resolution he persevered, and, at the same time, used only the weakest kind of sustenance.... | |
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The doctor, having first asked him if he could bear the whole truth, which way soever it might lead, and being answered that he could, declared that, in his opinion, he could not recover without a miracle. " Then," said Johnson, " I will take no more... 
