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" You must have heard many tales on this subject ; but if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth. "
Local Records: Or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, which Have ... - Page 135
by John Sykes - 1833
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 5

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1803 - 886 pages
...1717-18, and was buried in the Church of Harrow on the Hill, near London. " His death,*' observes l'ope, in a letter written shortly after, " was unaffected...without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth." SELLABY * Britannia Romani, p. 296. SELLABY HALL is a beautiful villa of free-slone and blueslate,...
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 4

John Aikin - 1803 - 770 pages
...death as heroical and unaffected. He adds a singular kind of refutation or apology. " If there was ever a good Christian without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth." This, it must be confessed, approaches very near to nonsense. He praises him better by calling him...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...of Addison «nd of Grenville. He is accused of voluptuousness and irreligion ; and Pope, whosaysthat "'if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself " to be so, it was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear and loth to confess. Pope afterwards declared himself...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 1

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 512 pages
...worse hearts have branded his last moments, as wrongfully as they did his life, with irreligion: — if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth. On Her Majesty's Statue, in St. Paul's Church-yard. NEAK the vast bulk of that stupendous frame, Known...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 5

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1810 - 842 pages
...acknowledgments of posterity. He died in January, 1717-18, and was buried in the Church of Harrow on the Hill, near London. " His death," observes Pope, in a letter...without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth." SELLABV * Biitannii Romana, p. (96. SELLABY HALL is a beautiful villa of free- stone and blueslate,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 598 pages
...Addison and of Granville. He is accused of voluptuousness and irreligion ; and Pope, who says, " that if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear, and loth to confess. Pope afterwards declared, himself...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...Addiso* ajid of Granville. He is accused of voluptuousness and Irreligion ; and Pope, who says, " that if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it -was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear, and loth to confess. Pope afterwards declared himself...
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Works, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...Addison and of Granville. He is accused of voluptuousness and irreligion ; and Pope, who says, " that if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it -was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear, and loth to confess. Pope afterwards declared himself...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 pages
...wrongfully as they did his life, with in\-li«iim. Yon must have heard many tales on this subject ; but if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth. Your, &c. LETTER LIT. MR. POPE TO * * * ". Sept. n. THE gaiety of your letter proves you not so studious...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 6

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 pages
...wrongfully as they did his life, with irreligion. You must have heard many tales on this subject ; but if ever there was a good Christian without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth. Your, etc. LETTER X. < TO MR. * * * * . f September, 1 7. gaiety of your letter proves you not so studious...
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