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Mayo having asked Johnson's opinion of Soame Jenyns's View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion; JOHNSON. 'I think it a pretty book; not very theological indeed; and there seems to be an affectation of ease and carelessness, as if it were not suitable to his character to be very serious about the matter. BOSWELL. 'He may have intended this to introduce his book the better among genteel people, who might be unwilling to read too grave a treatise.
'Oh, yes, I am all right; but I might not feel quite up to the level of Sir Lionel Rainey. Only men, of course? 'Only men. 'Well, I shall think it over. 'But you can't want to miss your Dictator? 'My Dictator will probably not miss me, the girl said in scornful tones which brought no comfort to the heart of Soame Rivers.
In 1684 Sir W. Soame with difficulty extorted a salute of twenty-one guns to His Britannic Majesty's flag. And so the weary tale of irresolution and weakness went on.
The truth is, that she was not much thinking about the chances of justice being done to the murderers even to the murderers of poor Soame Rivers. She was thinking of Ericson's going away. 'Yes, I am going, he said. 'My duty and my destiny if I may speak in that grandiose sort of style call me that way. 'I know it, Helena said; 'I would not have it otherwise.
Helena spoke with great animation, and her earnestness made Sir Rupert smile. 'If that is so, said Soame Rivers, 'they would have done better if they had shot him out of hand. Helena looked slightly annoyed as she replied quickly, 'He is a strong man. I wish there were more men like him in the world. 'Well, said Sir Rupert, 'I suppose we shall all see him soon and judge for ourselves.
'Why, that wonderful man whom you admire so much, the illustrious exile, the hero of the hour, the new Napoleon. 'I know whom you mean, said Soame Rivers. 'You mean the Dictator of Gloria? 'Of course. Whom else? said Mrs. Selwyn, clapping her hands enthusiastically.
Some years passed which have left few traces either upon his personal or his literary history. He contributed a good many reviews in 1756-7 to the Literary Magazine, one of which, a review of Soame Jenyns, is amongst his best performances. To a weekly paper he contributed for two years, from April, 1758, to April, 1760, a set of essays called the Idler, on the old Rambler plan.
Thus during his second term as governor he caused to be printed, on his own account, an edition of Soame Jenyns's "View of the Internal Evidence of Christianity;" likewise, an edition of Butler's "Analogy;" and thenceforward, particularly among the young men of Virginia, assailed as they were by the fashionable scepticism, this illustrious colporteur was active in the defence of Christianity, not only by his own sublime and persuasive arguments, but by the distribution, as the fit occasion offered, of one or the other of these two books.
'Who are killed? the Dictator asked anxiously but withal composedly. He had seen men killed before. 'Poor Soame Rivers is killed, Sir Rupert said sadly. 'The man who broke into Sarrasin's room your room, Ericson he is killed. 'And Sarrasin himself? Ericson asked, glancing away from Mrs. Sarrasin. 'Sarrasin is cut about on the shoulder and of course he was stunned and deafened.
Do not know any more. No need as yet alarm Sir Rupert. Soame Rivers read the despatch over and over again. It was in cypher a cypher with which he was perfectly familiar. He grumbled and growled over it. It vexed him. For various reasons he had come to the conclusion that a great deal too much work was made over the ex-Dictator, and his projects, and his personal safety.
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