human
Mr. Pope, who loved to talk of Titcum, (one who used to be of the party with him, Gay, Swift, Craggs, and Addison, and that set, in his youth,) told us, that Gay went to see him as he was dying, and asked him, if he would have a priest; (for he was a papist,) 'No, said he, what should I do with them? But I would rather have one of them, than one of yours, of the two. Our fools, (continued he) write great books to prove that _bread_ is _God_; but your booby (he meant Tillotson) has wrote a long argument to prove that _bread_ is _bread_.'
gpt
And I commend to thy fatherly goodness the soul of my departed wife, beseeching thee to grant her whatever is best in her present state.
human
I returned home, but could not settle my mind. At last I read a chapter. Then went down about six or seven, and eat two _cross-buns_.
gpt
I fasted, though less rigorously than at other times. I by negligence poured some milk into my tea. _Ibid._ p. 146.--Yesterday, I fasted, as I have always, or commonly done, since the death of Tetty; the fast was more painful than usual.
human
PURPOSES. To keep a journal. To begin this day. (Sept. 18th, 1766.) To spend four hours in study every day, and as much more as I can. To read a portion of Scripture in Greek every Sunday. To rise at eight.--Oct. 3d. Of all this I have done nothing.
gpt
I resolved last Easter to read, within the year, the whole Bible; a great part of which I had never looked upon.
human
I have never yet read the Apocrypha. When I was a boy I have read or heard Bel and the Dragon.