The Lives of Dr. John Donne;--Sir Henry Wotton;--Mr. Richard Hooker;--Mr. George Herbert;--and Dr. Robert Sanderson, Volume 2T. Wilson and sons, 1817 |
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... minister of the kirk . To vindicate himself , James caused it to be published in 1599 . It may not be improper here to mention an instance of courtly address noticed by Bishop Hacket in his " Life of Archbishop " Williams , " " That he ...
... minister of the kirk . To vindicate himself , James caused it to be published in 1599 . It may not be improper here to mention an instance of courtly address noticed by Bishop Hacket in his " Life of Archbishop " Williams , " " That he ...
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... . - Time , experience , and serious contemplation , effectuated a change in his mind , and totally alienated him from every ambitious pursuit . one Andrew Melvin , a minister of the Scotch Church D4 GEORGE HERBERT . 39.
... . - Time , experience , and serious contemplation , effectuated a change in his mind , and totally alienated him from every ambitious pursuit . one Andrew Melvin , a minister of the Scotch Church D4 GEORGE HERBERT . 39.
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Izaak Walton. one Andrew Melvin , a minister of the Scotch Church , and rector of St. Andrews , who , by a long and constant converse , with a discontented part of that clergy which opposed Episcopacy , be- came at last to be a chief ...
Izaak Walton. one Andrew Melvin , a minister of the Scotch Church , and rector of St. Andrews , who , by a long and constant converse , with a discontented part of that clergy which opposed Episcopacy , be- came at last to be a chief ...
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... Minister of the Gospel to assume the ap- pearance of disclaiming his function , by imitating the habit and deportment of secular persons , when he affects the gentleman so much that he forgets the Clergyman . ( See Scougal's Works , p ...
... Minister of the Gospel to assume the ap- pearance of disclaiming his function , by imitating the habit and deportment of secular persons , when he affects the gentleman so much that he forgets the Clergyman . ( See Scougal's Works , p ...
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... minister's " wife , and must now so far forget your father's house , as not to claim a precedence of any of your parishioners ; for you are to know , that a Priest's wife can challenge no precedence or place , but that which she ...
... minister's " wife , and must now so far forget your father's house , as not to claim a precedence of any of your parishioners ; for you are to know , that a Priest's wife can challenge no precedence or place , but that which she ...
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Page 81 - ... with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Page 30 - I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.
Page 217 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 217 - God. Blessed be the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. And, blessed be the meek, for they shall possess the earth." Not that the meek shall not also obtain mercy, and see God, and be comforted, and at last come to the kingdom of heaven ; but in the...
Page 64 - His chiefest recreation was music, in which heavenly art he was a most excellent master, and did himself compose many divine hymns and anthems, which he set and sung to his lute or viol ; and though he was a lover of retiredness, yet his love to...
Page 54 - ... a book so full of plain, prudent, and useful rules, that that country parson, that can spare twelve pence, and yet wants it, is scarce excusable ; because it will both direct him what he ought to do, and convince him for not having done it.
Page 224 - And, I have also this truth to say of the author, that he was in his time a man generally known, and as well beloved ; for he was humble, and obliging in his behaviour ; a gentleman, a schola'r, very innocent and prudent ; and indeed his whole life was useful, quiet, and virtuous.
Page 44 - Herbert had formerly put on a resolution for the clergy; yet, at receiving this presentation, the apprehension of the last great account, that he was to make for the cure of so many souls, made him fast and pray often, and consider for not less than a month; in which time he had some resolutions to decline both the priesthood and that living. And in this time of considering, "he endured," as he would often say, "such spiritual conflicts as none can think, but only those that have endured them.
Page 11 - I have told her birth, her marriage, and the number of her children, and have given some short account of them. I shall next tell the reader that her husband died when our George was about the age of four years. I am next to tell that she continued twelve years a widow ; that she then married happily to a noble gentleman,* the brother and heir of the Lord Danvers, Earl of Danby, who did highly value both her person and the most excellent endowments of her mind.
Page 14 - Why should I women's eyes for crystal take? Such poor invention burns in their low mind, Whose fire is wild, and doth not upward go To praise, and on thee Lord, some ink bestow.