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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... last forced him to a com- pliance of which I fhall give the reader an account before I shall give a rest to my pen . Mr. Donne and his wife continued with Sir Francis Wolly till his death : a little before which time , Sir Francis was ...
... last forced him to a com- pliance of which I fhall give the reader an account before I shall give a rest to my pen . Mr. Donne and his wife continued with Sir Francis Wolly till his death : a little before which time , Sir Francis was ...
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... last week's let- " ter was , because it then found me " under too great a fadnefs ; and at pre- " fent it is thus with me . There is not " one perfon , but myself , well of my fa- 66 mily : I have already lost half a child , " and with ...
... last week's let- " ter was , because it then found me " under too great a fadnefs ; and at pre- " fent it is thus with me . There is not " one perfon , but myself , well of my fa- 66 mily : I have already lost half a child , " and with ...
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... last say , “ I have seen a dreadful ❝ vifion fince I faw you : I have seen my " dear wife pass twice by me through " this room , with her hair hanging about " her shoulders , and a dead child in her 66 arms this I have feen fince I faw ...
... last say , “ I have seen a dreadful ❝ vifion fince I faw you : I have seen my " dear wife pass twice by me through " this room , with her hair hanging about " her shoulders , and a dead child in her 66 arms this I have feen fince I faw ...
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... last to move my heart to embrace this holy motion . Thy mo- tions I will and do embrace and I now 66 : say with the blessed Virgin , " Be it with thy fervant as feemeth best in thy fight : " and fo , bleffed Jefus , I do take the cup of ...
... last to move my heart to embrace this holy motion . Thy mo- tions I will and do embrace and I now 66 : say with the blessed Virgin , " Be it with thy fervant as feemeth best in thy fight : " and fo , bleffed Jefus , I do take the cup of ...
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... last thread , I shall perish on the shore ; But fwear by thyself , that at my death thy Son Shall fhine as he fhines now , and heretofore ; And having done that , thou haft done , I fear no more . I have the rather mentioned this hymn ...
... last thread , I shall perish on the shore ; But fwear by thyself , that at my death thy Son Shall fhine as he fhines now , and heretofore ; And having done that , thou haft done , I fear no more . I have the rather mentioned this hymn ...
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Page 344 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near ; and though I have by His grace loved Him in my youth, and feared Him in mine age, and laboured to have a conscience void of offence to Him, and to all men, yet if Thou, O Lord, be extreme to mark what I have. done amiss, who can abide it...
Page 108 - He was of stature moderately tall; of a straight and equallyproportioned body, to which all his words and actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other, and made his company one of the delights of mankind.
Page 101 - And now, having brought him through the many labyrinths and perplexities of a various life, even to the gates of death and the grave, my desire is, he may rest till I have told my reader, that I have seen many pictures of him, in several habits, and at several ages, and in several postures. And I now mention this, because I have seen one picture of him, drawn by a curious...
Page 338 - Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
Page 229 - ... consider, research, and determine, what is needful to be known concerning him. For I knew him not in his life, and must therefore not only look back to his death, (now...
Page 50 - Austin ; for I think none was so like him before his conversion; none so like St. Ambrose after it: and if his youth had the infirmities of the one, his age had the excellencies of the other; the learning and holiness of both.
Page 345 - God hath heard my daily petitions, for I am at peace with all men, and he is at peace with me; and from. that blessed assurance I feel that inward joy, which this world can neither give nor take from me: my conscience beareth me this witness, and this witness makes the thoughts of death joyful.
Page xviii - ... too probable, we had wanted both, which had been a prejudice to all lovers of honour and ingenious learning. And let me not leave my friend sir Henry without this testimony added to yours ; that he was a man of as florid a wit and as elegant a pen, as any former (or ours which in that kind is a most excellent) age hath ever produced.
Page 254 - 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 344 - ... 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!