The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson, Volume 1At the Clarendon Press, 1805 |
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... bodies were divided , their affections were not ; for that learned Knight's love followed his friend's fame beyond death and the for- getful grave ; which he teftified by en- treating me , whom he acquainted with his defign , to enquire ...
... bodies were divided , their affections were not ; for that learned Knight's love followed his friend's fame beyond death and the for- getful grave ; which he teftified by en- treating me , whom he acquainted with his defign , to enquire ...
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... , with the forfaken dead body of his once glorious lord and master ; and was then gathering the fcattered * Plutarch . pieces of an old broken boat to make a funeral pieces 4 THE INTRODUCTION , knowledge of the Author, and love to his ...
... , with the forfaken dead body of his once glorious lord and master ; and was then gathering the fcattered * Plutarch . pieces of an old broken boat to make a funeral pieces 4 THE INTRODUCTION , knowledge of the Author, and love to his ...
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... body of Pompey the great ? " fo , who am I , that do thus officiously set the Author's memory on fire ? I hope the queftion will prove to have in it more of wonder than difdain . But wonder indeed the reader may , that I , who profess ...
... body of Pompey the great ? " fo , who am I , that do thus officiously set the Author's memory on fire ? I hope the queftion will prove to have in it more of wonder than difdain . But wonder indeed the reader may , that I , who profess ...
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... body of divinity , as it was then con- troverted betwixt the Reformed and the Roman Church . And as God's bleffed Spirit did then awaken him to the search , and in that industry did never forsake him , ( they be his own words * ) fo he ...
... body of divinity , as it was then con- troverted betwixt the Reformed and the Roman Church . And as God's bleffed Spirit did then awaken him to the search , and in that industry did never forsake him , ( they be his own words * ) fo he ...
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... body or brain , nor to friend in whom he might hope to have an intereft , until he had procured an en- largement for his two imprisoned friends . any He was now at liberty , but his days were ftill cloudy ; and being past these troubles ...
... body or brain , nor to friend in whom he might hope to have an intereft , until he had procured an en- largement for his two imprisoned friends . any He was now at liberty , but his days were ftill cloudy ; and being past these troubles ...
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affurance againſt alfo alſo ambaffador anſwer becauſe beſt betwixt Biſhop bleffed caufe cauſe Chriftian Church College confcience death defign defire difcourfe diſcipline diſcover Donne Donne's employment eſpecially eſtate Eton College expreffed facred faid fame favour fecond feemed fent fermon feveral fhall fhew fhould fickneſs fince fion firft firſt fome forrow foul fpirit friendſhip ftill ftudy fuch hath himſelf holy honour houſe JOHN DONNE John Jewel John Whitgift King laft laſt learning lived Lord Mafter Majefty moft moſt muſt myſelf Nicholas Wotton obfervations occafion perfons perfuaded pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed preach preſent promiſe purpoſe Queen raiſed reader reaſon reft reſtleſs Richard Hooker ſaid ſay ſee ſeemed ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir Henry Savil Sir Henry Wotton ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tion unto uſe whofe whoſe wife wiſdom writ
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Page 50 - And now all his studies, which had been occasionally diffused, were all concentered in Divinity. Now he had a new calling, new thoughts, and a new employment for his wit and eloquence. Now, all his earthly affections were changed into Divine love; and all the faculties of his own soul were engaged in the conversion of others; in preaching the glad tidings of remission to repenting sinners, and peace to each troubled soul.
Page 71 - Hatch in Essex, he there fell into a fever, which, with the help of his constant infirmity (vapours from the spleen), hastened him into so visible a consumption, that his beholders might say, as St. Paul of himself, " He dies daily ;" and he might say with Job, " My welfare passeth away as a cloud; the days of my affliction have taken hold of me, and weary nights are appointed for me.
Page 108 - Himself a debtor; persons that dare trust God with their charity, and without a witness; so there was by some grateful unknown friend, that thought Dr. Donne's memory ought to be perpetuated, an hundred marks sent to his faithful friends and executors (Dr.
Page 39 - And, though it is most certain that two lutes, being both strung and tuned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other that is not touched being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will — like an echo to a trumpet — warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune, yet many will not believe there is any such thing as a sympathy of souls ; and I am well pleased that every reader do enjoy his own opinion.
Page 183 - Charles the fifth, seemed to approve: who, after so many remarkable victories, when his glory was great in the eyes of all men, freely gave up his crown, and the many cares that attended it, to Philip his son, making a holy retreat to a cloisteral life, where he might by devout meditations consult with God...
Page 77 - Ejaculations, a book in which by declaring his own spiritual conflicts he hath comforted and raised many a dejected and discomposed soul and charmed them into sweet and quiet thoughts, a book by the frequent reading whereof and the assistance of that Spirit that seemed to inspire the author the reader may attain habits of peace and piety and...
Page 256 - And that this was really his judgment, did appear in his future writings, and in all the actions of his life. Nor was this excellent man a stranger to the more light and airy parts of learning, as...
Page 365 - Hooker's; and it is observable, that as Mr. Hooker advised with Dr. Spencer in the design and manage of these books, so also, and chiefly with his dear pupil George Cranmer (whose sister was the wife of Dr. Spencer), of which this following letter may be a testimony; and doth also give authority to some things mentioned both in this Appendix, and in the Life of Mr. Hooker ; and is therefore added.
Page 346 - ... deep in contemplation, and not inclinable to discourse; which gave the Doctor occasion to require his present thoughts. To which he replied 'That he was meditating the number and nature of Angels, and their blessed obedience and order, without which, peace could not be in Heaven: and Oh! that it might be so on Earth!
Page 92 - It hath been my desire, and God may be pleased to grant it, that I might die in the pulpit ; if not that, yet that I might take my death in the pulpit; that is, die the sooner by occasion of those labours.