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The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker: With an ... - Page 17
by Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton - 1875
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1784 - 552 pages
...conftitution ; and that it was beft for * him to have a wife, that might prove a nurfe to him ; fuch ** a one as might both prolong his life, and make it more " comfortable ; and fuch a one {he could and would provide " for him, if he thought fit to marry." Hooker not con-" fidering,...
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The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine Mr. Richard Hooker ...

Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1793 - 528 pages
...tonftitution ; and, that it was befi for htm to have a Wife, that might prove a nurfe to him ; fuch a one as might both prolong his life, and make it more comfortable ; and fuch a one, Jhe could and would provide for himt if he thought Jit to marry. And he not considering,...
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Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George ...

Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...conftitution ;" and, " that it was beft for him to have a wife, that " might prove a nurfe to him; fuch a one as might both prolong his life, " and make it more comfortable; and fuch a one, Ihe could and would " provide for him, if he thought fit to marry." And he not confidering,...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate, Volume 69

1869
...the Shunaruite's house, and had nursed him in his distemper. She persuaded him that " he was a man of tender constitution, and that it was best for him to have a wife to nurse him." As old Izaak Walton says, like a true Nathaniel, fearing no guile, he gave her the power...
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - 1804 - 666 pages
...conscience to believe all that she said. So the good man came to be persuaded by her, that he was a man of a tender constitution •, and that it was best for...comfortable ; and such an one she could and would provide for him, if he thought fit to marry." Mr. Hooker not considering " that the children of this...
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The Lives of John Donne: Sir Henry Wolton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr ..., Volume 1

Izaak Walton - 1805 - 438 pages
...conftitution ;" and *f that it was " beft for him to have a wife, that might " prove a nurfe to him ; fuch an one as " might both prolong his life, and make " it more comfortable ; and fuch a one " flie could and would provide for him, " if he thought fit to marry." And he not confidering,...
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker ..., Volume 1

Izaak Walton - 1805 - 422 pages
...conftitution ;" and f* that it was " beft for him to have a wife, that might " prove a nurle to him ; fuch an one as " might both prolong his life, and make " it more comfortable ; and fuch a one " fhe could and would provide for him, " if he thought fit to marry." And he not confidering,...
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Oxoniana: Or Anecdotes Relative to the University and City of Oxford, Volume 2

Rev. John Walker - 1806 - 282 pages
...so that the good man came to be persuaded by her, that ' he was a man of a tender constitution ; nnd that it was best for him to have a wife, that might prove a nurse to him; such a one, as might both prolong his. life, and make it more comfortable; and such a one, she could and...
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The baptist Magazine

1864 - 868 pages
...conscience to believe all she said, so that the good man came to be persuaded by her " that he was a man of tender constitution, and that it was best for him to have a wife to be a nurse to him, such an one as might both prolong his life and make it more comfortable ; and...
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Bishop Jewel. Bernard Gilpin. Richard Hooker. Archbishop Whitgift. John ...

Christian biography - 1810 - 594 pages
...believe all that she said; so that the good man came to be perswaded !by her, " that he was a man of a tender constitution, and that it was best for him...nurse to him ; such an one as might both prolong his Jife, and make it more comfortable; and such a one she could and would provide for him, if he thought...
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