 | William Henry Bartlett - 1853 - 388 Seiten
...upon him; but he was, nevertheless, a mark for persecution, and had, it is said, been in no less than thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noonday. Flying at length to Holland, he became pastor of a Separatist congregation,, with whom, however, he... | |
 | John Buxton Marsden - 1853 - 492 Seiten
...heat and rashness of untamed childhood, could soon boast that ho had been the tenant of two-and-thirty prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. Puller, who had often seen him, describes him as of an imperious nature, ready to take offence on trivial... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 526 Seiten
...Here he died, in the year 1630, after boasting " that he had been committed to thirty-two prison?, in some of which he could not see his hand at noonday." The sect of the Brownists continued to increase after Brown's defection ; so that, according to a speech... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 Seiten
...by the established prelates, wandered up and down the country, and was committed to more than thirty prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. For endeavoring to establish his opinions, or sect, at Northampton, he was cited to appear before the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1856 - 718 Seiten
...^¡3 sect the whole fury of the ecclesiastical law was directed. Brown himself exulted in the bonst that he had been committed to thirty-two prisons,...some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. Several of his followers perished by the hand of the executioner, great numbers were imprisoned, and... | |
 | Parke Godwin - 1856 - 832 Seiten
...magistrate, and he d. shortly after his committal. He used to boast, " that he had been incarcerated in thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noonday." His sect long survived him. In the civil wars it bore the name of the Independents,— THOMAS, a writer... | |
 | John Buxton Marsden - 1856 - 524 Seiten
...and died, in 1630, aged upwards of eighty years; boasting he Viad been committed to two-and-thirty prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day." But the party which he had formed and abandoned exhibited none of their leader's versatility ; for... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1857 - 542 Seiten
...support of his opinions, and sustained various persecutions, having been committed at different times to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at broad day. Before his removal with his followers to Middleburg in Zealand, he became disgusted with... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1868 - 948 Seiten
...traveled about the country, inveighing against bishops, ecclesiastical courts, ceremonies, and episcopal ordination of ministers, and exulting above all, in...some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. The queen and the bishops had recourse to the usual remedy, persecution, and the Biownists were oppressed... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1858 - 696 Seiten
...he found ready listeners. After a long struggle, in the course of which, as he afterwards boasted, he had " been committed to thirty-two prisons, in...some of which he could not see his hand at noonday," 2 he withdrew with some followers to Middleburg, in Zealand, where they established a congregation.... | |
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Harrison, preaching against bishops, ceremonies, ecclesiastical courts, ordaining of ministers, &c. for which $ as he afterwards boasted, he had been committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day. 
