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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... leave him in his study , till I have paid my promised account of his excellent mother ; and I will endea- vour to make it short . I have told her birth , her marriage , and the number of her children , and have given some short account ...
... leave him in his study , till I have paid my promised account of his excellent mother ; and I will endea- vour to make it short . I have told her birth , her marriage , and the number of her children , and have given some short account ...
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... leave them there ; and yet , find them at Mitcham . Such riddles as these become things unexpressible , and , such is your goodness . I was almost sorry to find your servant here this day , because I was loth to have any witness of my ...
... leave them there ; and yet , find them at Mitcham . Such riddles as these become things unexpressible , and , such is your goodness . I was almost sorry to find your servant here this day , because I was loth to have any witness of my ...
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... leave her , and return to her son George , whom we left in his study in Cambridge . And in Cambridge we may find our George Herbert's behaviour to be such , that we may conclude , he consecrated the first - fruits of his early age to ...
... leave her , and return to her son George , whom we left in his study in Cambridge . And in Cambridge we may find our George Herbert's behaviour to be such , that we may conclude , he consecrated the first - fruits of his early age to ...
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... leave " that he might love him too ; for he took him to be the jewel of that university . " The next occasion he had and took to shew his great abilities was , with them , to shew also his great affection to that church in which he ...
... leave " that he might love him too ; for he took him to be the jewel of that university . " The next occasion he had and took to shew his great abilities was , with them , to shew also his great affection to that church in which he ...
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... leave the university , and decline all study , which he thought did impair his health ; for he had a body apt to a consumption , and to fevers , and to other infirmities , which he judged were increased by his studies ; for he would ...
... leave the university , and decline all study , which he thought did impair his health ; for he had a body apt to a consumption , and to fevers , and to other infirmities , which he judged were increased by his studies ; for he would ...
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