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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... throne , if I had shrunk from doing this duty , firmly and faithfully , to the best of my under- standing . In the volume now submitted to the candour of the public , our more undivided attention will be fixed on the individual career ...
... throne , if I had shrunk from doing this duty , firmly and faithfully , to the best of my under- standing . In the volume now submitted to the candour of the public , our more undivided attention will be fixed on the individual career ...
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... throne in the cathedral , sojourning some- times with Ken , and sometimes with the prebendary Dr. Hawkins , who had married the daughter of his oldest and most valued friend , Piscator ; whilst the placid old man , chiefly living with ...
... throne in the cathedral , sojourning some- times with Ken , and sometimes with the prebendary Dr. Hawkins , who had married the daughter of his oldest and most valued friend , Piscator ; whilst the placid old man , chiefly living with ...
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... throne - in prison , or in poverty , till his days on earth were numbered , Ken alike revered and graced , dying in its communion , with the words " LAUS DEO " trembling on his lips , and in his will leaving these memorable words of ...
... throne - in prison , or in poverty , till his days on earth were numbered , Ken alike revered and graced , dying in its communion , with the words " LAUS DEO " trembling on his lips , and in his will leaving these memorable words of ...
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... throne . Though her daughter , the young Princess Mary of Orange , was well - grounded and immoveably settled in Protestant principles , yet in her hours of occasional anxiety and dejection , among strangers , she would naturally feel ...
... throne . Though her daughter , the young Princess Mary of Orange , was well - grounded and immoveably settled in Protestant principles , yet in her hours of occasional anxiety and dejection , among strangers , she would naturally feel ...
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... throne . With the Prince of Orange , at this time of the age of twenty , came over , his half - uncle Count Zulen- stein , who afterwards was confidentially employed by him , and who , at the battle of Landen , had saved his life . If ...
... throne . With the Prince of Orange , at this time of the age of twenty , came over , his half - uncle Count Zulen- stein , who afterwards was confidentially employed by him , and who , at the battle of Landen , had saved his life . If ...
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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.