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Life of Johnson, Volume 5

Note 517 — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.

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'Hooke,' says Dr. Warton (Essay on Pope, ii. 141), 'was a Mystic and a Quietist, and a warm disciple of Fénelon. It was he who brought a Catholic priest to take Pope's confession on his death-bed.'

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