Note 1263 — THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (continued 7)
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Mr. Strahan, mentioning 'the anxious fear', which seized Johnson, says, that 'his friends who knew his integrity observed it with equal astonishment and concern.' He adds that 'his foreboding dread of the Divine justice by degrees subsided into a pious trust and humble hope in the Divine mercy.' Pr. and Med. preface, p. xv.