Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George HerbertGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1888 - 283 pages |
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... excellent casuist Dr. Sanderson ( the late Bishop of Lincoln ) hath demon- strated in his sermons and other writings , who , if they love virtue , would not rejoice to know that this good man was as remarkable for the meekness and ...
... excellent casuist Dr. Sanderson ( the late Bishop of Lincoln ) hath demon- strated in his sermons and other writings , who , if they love virtue , would not rejoice to know that this good man was as remarkable for the meekness and ...
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... excellent erudition and endowments , whose necessary and daily expenses were hardly recon- cilable with his uncertain and narrow estate . Which I mention , for that at this time there was a most generous offer made him for the ...
... excellent erudition and endowments , whose necessary and daily expenses were hardly recon- cilable with his uncertain and narrow estate . Which I mention , for that at this time there was a most generous offer made him for the ...
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... excellent and powerful preaching . About fourteen months after his departure out of England , he returned to his friends of Lincoln's Inn , with his sorrows moderated and his health improved ; and there betook himself to his constant ...
... excellent and powerful preaching . About fourteen months after his departure out of England , he returned to his friends of Lincoln's Inn , with his sorrows moderated and his health improved ; and there betook himself to his constant ...
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... excellent " Book of Devotions , " which he published at his recovery ; in which the reader may see the most secret thoughts that then possessed his soul , paraphrased and made public : a book that may not unfitly be called a Sacred ...
... excellent " Book of Devotions , " which he published at his recovery ; in which the reader may see the most secret thoughts that then possessed his soul , paraphrased and made public : a book that may not unfitly be called a Sacred ...
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... excellent , thus exemplary was the death of this memo- rable man . He was buried in that place of St. Paul's Church which he had appointed for that use some years before his death , and by which he passed daily to pay his public ...
... excellent , thus exemplary was the death of this memo- rable man . He was buried in that place of St. Paul's Church which he had appointed for that use some years before his death , and by which he passed daily to pay his public ...
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Page 52 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 34 - As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say 'The breath goes now,' and some say 'No'; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears, Men reckon what it did and meant; But trepidation of the spheres, Though greater far, is innocent. Dull sublunary lovers' love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because...
Page 35 - If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two: Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th
Page 52 - Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two — but wallowed in a score ? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I have more. "I have a sin of fear, that when...
Page 231 - Upon thine altar burnt? Cannot thy love Heighten a spirit to sound out thy praise As well as any she? Cannot thy dove Outstrip their Cupid easily in flight? Or, since thy ways are deep, and still the same, Will not a verse run smooth that bears thy name! Why doth that fire, which by thy power and might Each breast does feel, no braver fuel choose Than that, which one day worms may chance refuse?
Page 245 - Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 231 - Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them, is thy abuse. Why should I women's eyes for chrystal take ? Such poor invention burns in their low mind Whose fire is wild, and doth not upward go To praise, and on thee, Lord, some ink bestow. Open the bones, and you shall nothing find In the best face but filth ; when, Lord, in thee The beauty lies, in the discovery. GH...
Page 194 - Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
Page 26 - I ask my own conscience whether it be reconcilable to that rule, it is at this time so perplexed about it that I can neither give myself nor you an answer. You know, Sir, who says, ' Happy is that man whose conscience doth not accuse him for that thing which he does.' To these I might add other reasons that dissuade me; but I crave your favor that I may forbear to express them and thankfully decline your offer.
Page 73 - Montford), towards the making of his monument. It was not for many years known by whom ; but, after the death of Dr. Fox, it was known that it was he that sent it, and he lived to see as lively a representation of his dead friend as marble can express ; a statue indeed so like Dr. Donne, that — as his friend Sir Henry Wotton hath expressed himself — ' It seems to breathe faintly, and posterity shall look upon it as a kind of artificial miracle.