Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert SandersonWilson, Spence and Mawman, 1796 - 518 Seiten |
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... James II . to be the first preacher among the Proteftant Divines - Thefe endearing qualities enfure to him our esteem and affection . But what principally commands our veneration is that invincible inflexibility of tem- per , which ...
... James II . to be the first preacher among the Proteftant Divines - Thefe endearing qualities enfure to him our esteem and affection . But what principally commands our veneration is that invincible inflexibility of tem- per , which ...
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... James's reign was full of men excellent in all kinds of learning . And here I defire the reader's leave to remember two of my own old acquaintance : the one was Mr. John Donne , who , leaving Oxford , lived at the Inns of Court , not ...
... James's reign was full of men excellent in all kinds of learning . And here I defire the reader's leave to remember two of my own old acquaintance : the one was Mr. John Donne , who , leaving Oxford , lived at the Inns of Court , not ...
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... James in embaffage to Venice ; and indeed the kingdom afforded not a fitter man for matching the capaciousness of the Italian wits : A man of fo able dexterity with his pen , that he hath done himself much wrong , and the kingdom more ...
... James in embaffage to Venice ; and indeed the kingdom afforded not a fitter man for matching the capaciousness of the Italian wits : A man of fo able dexterity with his pen , that he hath done himself much wrong , and the kingdom more ...
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... and " for the babies . " I am , with all fincerity , Dr. d . 12 June " Sir , your affectionate fervant , 81 " PERTH . " For Mr. James Aird , from his affec . fervant , PERTH . ” MY WORTHY FRIEND MR . WALTON , " I am XX THE LIFE OF.
... and " for the babies . " I am , with all fincerity , Dr. d . 12 June " Sir , your affectionate fervant , 81 " PERTH . " For Mr. James Aird , from his affec . fervant , PERTH . ” MY WORTHY FRIEND MR . WALTON , " I am XX THE LIFE OF.
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... James Duport , the Greek Profeffor at Cambridge , who was far from being a novice in the ufe of the rod " , difdained not , on this occafion , to addrefs our author in a beautiful Latin Iambic Ode , of which the following claffic ...
... James Duport , the Greek Profeffor at Cambridge , who was far from being a novice in the ufe of the rod " , difdained not , on this occafion , to addrefs our author in a beautiful Latin Iambic Ode , of which the following claffic ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 255 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Seite 318 - Ah ! my dear God, though I am clean forgot, Let me not love Thee, if I love Thee not.
Seite 314 - Bohemia. In this place of orator our George Herbert continued eight years, and managed it with as becoming and grave a gaiety as any had ever before or since his time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance both in his behaviour, his tongue, and his pen.
Seite 252 - Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
Seite 320 - ... sacred name of priest contemptible, yet I will labour to make it honourable, by consecrating all my learning, and all my poor abilities, to advance the glory of that God that gave them ; knowing that I can never do too much for him that hath done so much for me as to make me a Christian. And I will labour to be like my Saviour, by making humility lovely in the eyes of all men, and by following the merciful and meek example of my dear Jesus.
Seite 351 - God, so far to trust thy promise, as to return them back to thee ; and by thy grace I will do so, in distributing them to any of thy poor members that are in distress, or do but bear the image of Jesus, my Master. Sir...
Seite 68 - a book, in which, by declaring his own spiritual conflicts, he hath comforted and raised many a dejected and discomposed soul, and charmed them into sweet and quiet thoughts ; a book, by the frequent reading whereof, and the assistance of that spirit that seemed to inspire the author, the reader may attain habits of peace and piety, and...
Seite 349 - Clergy especially which preach temperance, would avoid surfeiting and take all occasions to express a visible humility and charity in their lives; for this would force a love and an imitation, and an unfeigned reverence from all that knew them to be such." (And for proof of this, we need no other testimony than the life and death of Dr Lake, late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.) "This," said Mr Herbert, "would be a cure for the wickedness and growing Atheism of our age.
Seite 73 - ORIENS. And now, having brought him through the many labyrinths and perplexities of a various life, even to the gates of death and the grave, my desire is, he may rest till I have told my reader, that I have seen many pictures of him, in several habits, and at several ages, and in several postures. And I now mention this, because I have seen one picture of him, drawn by a curious...
Seite 320 - And though the iniquity of the late times have made clergymen meanly valued, and the sacred name of priest contemptible ; yet I will labour to make it honourable, by consecrating all my learning, and all my poor abilities to advance the glory of that God that gave them ; knowing that I can never do too much for him, that hath done so much for me, as to make me a Christian.