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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... lived , would be less perfect , and lost to posterity . For these reasons I have undertaken it , and if I have prevented any abler person , I beg pardon of him , and my reader . GEORGE HERBERT . GEORGE HERBERT was born the third day 4 ...
... lived , would be less perfect , and lost to posterity . For these reasons I have undertaken it , and if I have prevented any abler person , I beg pardon of him , and my reader . GEORGE HERBERT . GEORGE HERBERT was born the third day 4 ...
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... lived in the reign of our king Edward the fourth . His mother was Magdalen Newport , the youngest daughter of sir Richard , and sister to sir Francis Newport , of High Arkall , in the county of Salop , knight , and grandfather of ...
... lived in the reign of our king Edward the fourth . His mother was Magdalen Newport , the youngest daughter of sir Richard , and sister to sir Francis Newport , of High Arkall , in the county of Salop , knight , and grandfather of ...
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... lived to be examples of virtue , and to do good in their generations . I now come to give my intended account of George , who was the fifth of those seven brothers . George Herbert spent much of his childhood in a sweet 6 GEORGE HERBERT .
... lived to be examples of virtue , and to do good in their generations . I now come to give my intended account of George , who was the fifth of those seven brothers . George Herbert spent much of his childhood in a sweet 6 GEORGE HERBERT .
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... lived very privately , and was such a lover of solitariness as was judged to impair his health more than his study had done . In this manner of retirement he had many conflicts with himself , whether he should return to the painted ...
... lived very privately , and was such a lover of solitariness as was judged to impair his health more than his study had done . In this manner of retirement he had many conflicts with himself , whether he should return to the painted ...
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... lived to see it so wainscoated as to be exceeded by none ; and by his order the reading - pew and pulpit were a little distant from each other , and both of an equal height ; for he would often say , " They should neither have a ...
... lived to see it so wainscoated as to be exceeded by none ; and by his order the reading - pew and pulpit were a little distant from each other , and both of an equal height ; for he would often say , " They should neither have a ...
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