Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the History of Religion in England : from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 4J.G. & F. Rivington, 1839 - Christian biography |
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... little dreams . Perhaps she owes Her sunshine and her rain , her blooming spring And plenteous harvests to the prayer he makes , Thinking for her who thinks not for herself . COWPER . INTRODUCTION . IN a late retreat from the business of.
... little dreams . Perhaps she owes Her sunshine and her rain , her blooming spring And plenteous harvests to the prayer he makes , Thinking for her who thinks not for herself . COWPER . INTRODUCTION . IN a late retreat from the business of.
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... late retreat from the business of this world , and those many little cares with which I have too often cumbered myself , I fell into a contemplation of some of those historical passages that are recorded in sacred story ; and , more ...
... late retreat from the business of this world , and those many little cares with which I have too often cumbered myself , I fell into a contemplation of some of those historical passages that are recorded in sacred story ; and , more ...
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... late rebellion suffer extremely in their estates ; and the heirs of that castle saw it laid level with that earth that was too good to bury those wretches that were the cause of it . The father of our George was Richard Herbert , the ...
... late rebellion suffer extremely in their estates ; and the heirs of that castle saw it laid level with that earth that was too good to bury those wretches that were the cause of it . The father of our George was Richard Herbert , the ...
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... late prince Henry's being installed knight of the garter ; and after many years useful travel , and the attain- ment of many languages , he was by king James sent ambassador resident to the then French king , Lewis the thirteenth ...
... late prince Henry's being installed knight of the garter ; and after many years useful travel , and the attain- ment of many languages , he was by king James sent ambassador resident to the then French king , Lewis the thirteenth ...
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... late ague hath dried up those springs , by which scholars say , the Muses use to take up their habitations . However , I need not their help , to reprove the vanity of those many love - poems , that are daily writ and conse- crated to ...
... late ague hath dried up those springs , by which scholars say , the Muses use to take up their habitations . However , I need not their help , to reprove the vanity of those many love - poems , that are daily writ and conse- crated to ...
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