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" Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote... "
The life of Dr. Samuel Johnson - Page 265
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Volume 55

Early English newspapers - 1785 - 610 pages
...all wifdx>m is folly ; grant, I befeech Thee, that in this my undertaking, thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the falvation both of mviflf and others; grant this, O Lord, fur the fake of Jcfus Chrili ! Amen. " ON EASTER DAY....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

John Hawkins - 1787 - 652 pages
...grace all wifdom is folly ; grant, I befeech ' Thee, that in this undertaking thy holy fpirit may ' not be with-held from me, but that I may promote ' thy...confequently without any defire of affiftance from them 5 it was from the ftores of his own mind alone that he hoped to be able to furnifh that variety of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 642 pages
...ajl wifdom is folly ; grant, I befeech • Thee, that in this undertaking thy holy fpirit may ' not be with-held from me, but that I may promote ' thy glory, and the falva ion of myfelf and others : ' grant this, O Lord, for the fake of thy fon Jefus • Chrift. Amen.'...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...grace all wifdom is folly; 1750 grant, I befeech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be with-held from me, but that I may promote thy glory,...others: grant this, O LoRD, for the fake of thy fon JESUS CHRIST. Amen 4 ." The firft paper of the Rambler was publifhed on Tuefday the 2oth of. March,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...I befeech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be with-held from me, but that .1 may promote thy glory, and the falvation of myfelf...others : grant this, O LORD, for the fake of thy fon JESUS CHRIST. Amen4." The firft paper of the Rambler was publifhed oh Tuefday the 2Oth of March, 1750;...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...grace all wisdom is folly ; grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be with-held from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O LORD, for the sake of thy son JESUS CHRIST. Amen."4...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...The World. BOSWELL. folly ; grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking' thy Holy Spirit may not be with-held from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O LORD, for the sake of thy son JESUS CHRIST. Amen'.'...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...to THE RAMBLER. 235 folly ; grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking' thy Holy Spirit may not be with-held from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O LORD, for the sake of thy son JESUS CHRIST. Amen'.'...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 554 pages
...grace all wifdom is folly ; grant) I befeech Thee, that in this my undertaking, thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the falvation both of myfelf and others j grant this, O Lord, for the fake of Jefus Chrift. Amen. * , ' • -.* Compofed...
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Lives of eminent persons. Letters. Prayers. Index

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 558 pages
...Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and! the falvation both of myfelf and others ; grant this, O Lord, for the fake of Jefus Chrift. Amen. Compofed by me on the Death of my Wife, and repofiied among her Memorials, May...
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