The Life of Thomas Ken, D.D., Deprived Bishop of Bath and Wells: Viewed in Connection with Public Events, and the Spirit of the Times, Political and Religious, in which He Lived. Including Some Account of the Fortunes of Morley, Bishop of Winchester, His First Patron, and the Friend of Isaak Walton ...J. Murray, 1831 - Anglican Communion |
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Page vii
... feeling , for my old and esteemed friend , the Rev. James Dallaway , with whom that friendship through many years , commenced in the earlier and social hour when we were scholars together on the same foundation of Trinity Col- lege in ...
... feeling , for my old and esteemed friend , the Rev. James Dallaway , with whom that friendship through many years , commenced in the earlier and social hour when we were scholars together on the same foundation of Trinity Col- lege in ...
Page viii
... feelings of intolerance and un- charitableness . My own religion is as dear to me as theirs is to them ; and I felt it my duty to express my con- viction of the unscriptural errors of some doctrines , however I might love and respect ...
... feelings of intolerance and un- charitableness . My own religion is as dear to me as theirs is to them ; and I felt it my duty to express my con- viction of the unscriptural errors of some doctrines , however I might love and respect ...
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... feelings of the ignorant , are reckoned , almost generally , at ten times their amount . The value of an archdeaconry is esti- mated at fifteen times its amount ! I believe there is nearly the same exaggeration with respect to the ...
... feelings of the ignorant , are reckoned , almost generally , at ten times their amount . The value of an archdeaconry is esti- mated at fifteen times its amount ! I believe there is nearly the same exaggeration with respect to the ...
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... feelings of man within him , listen , without emotion if he can , to that GRACE , which has been chaunted to guests of the same character , in the same place , and to the same words , FOR NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS ! Agimus tibi gratias ...
... feelings of man within him , listen , without emotion if he can , to that GRACE , which has been chaunted to guests of the same character , in the same place , and to the same words , FOR NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS ! Agimus tibi gratias ...
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... feelings , to form his pious disposition . Thus , having no children of his own , the object nearest his heart was to lead his nephew along the opening paths of life . It is most gratifying to reflect , that when his af- fectionate ...
... feelings , to form his pious disposition . Thus , having no children of his own , the object nearest his heart was to lead his nephew along the opening paths of life . It is most gratifying to reflect , that when his af- fectionate ...
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Page 12 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 13 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 78 - I was witness of; the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarin, &c. A French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least £2,000 in gold before them; upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment.
Page 232 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As, waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 308 - As for my religion, I die in the Holy Catholic and Apostolic faith, professed by the whole Church, before the disunion of East and West ; more particularly I die in the Communion of the Church of England, as it stands distinguished from all Papal and Puritan innovations, and as it adheres to the doctrine of the Cross.
Page 193 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Page xxxiii - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 219 - Or midst the chase, on every plain, The tender thought on thee shall dwell : Each lonely scene shall thee restore ; For thee the tear be duly shed ; Beloved, till life can charm no more ; And mourn'd, till Pity's self be dead.
Page 232 - I carol'd on thy side? Is it — that oft, since then, my heart has sigh'd, As Youth, and Hope's delusive gleams, flew fast? Is it — that those, who circled on thy shore, Companions of my youth, now meet no more? Whate'er the cause...
Page 142 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.