The Lives of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson |
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... able , indignation or grief ( indeed I know not which ) transported me so far , that I reviewed my forsaken collections , and resolved the world should see the best plain picture of the Author's life , that my art- less pencil , guided ...
... able , indignation or grief ( indeed I know not which ) transported me so far , that I reviewed my forsaken collections , and resolved the world should see the best plain picture of the Author's life , that my art- less pencil , guided ...
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... able to make a present answer ; but , after a long and perplexed pause , did at last say , " I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you : I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room , with her hair hanging about her ...
... able to make a present answer ; but , after a long and perplexed pause , did at last say , " I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you : I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room , with her hair hanging about her ...
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... able to prevail , wrestled with him , as the Angel did with Jacob , and marked him ; marked him for his own ; marked him with a blessing , a blessing of obedience to the motions of his blessed Spirit . And then , as he had formerly ...
... able to prevail , wrestled with him , as the Angel did with Jacob , and marked him ; marked him for his own ; marked him with a blessing , a blessing of obedience to the motions of his blessed Spirit . And then , as he had formerly ...
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... able and very apt to maintain paradoxes , yet he was very far from justifying it ; and though his wife's com- petent years , and other reasons , might be justly urged to moderate severe censures , yet he would occasionally condemn ...
... able and very apt to maintain paradoxes , yet he was very far from justifying it ; and though his wife's com- petent years , and other reasons , might be justly urged to moderate severe censures , yet he would occasionally condemn ...
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... able to detain him beyond the hour of four in the morning ; and it was no common business that drew him out of his chamber till past ten : all which time was employed in study , though he took great liberty after it . And if this seem ...
... able to detain him beyond the hour of four in the morning ; and it was no common business that drew him out of his chamber till past ten : all which time was employed in study , though he took great liberty after it . And if this seem ...
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