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... Doctor had married early in life - had been almost as much beloved in the parish as himself . She had been abundantly skilled in the simple reme- dies supplied by the herbs and flowers of our own land ; and many a time the sick , and ...
... Doctor had married early in life - had been almost as much beloved in the parish as himself . She had been abundantly skilled in the simple reme- dies supplied by the herbs and flowers of our own land ; and many a time the sick , and ...
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... Doctor , say I ; and God bless his Reverence . " " Aye , Master Purdy , " said Will Dykes , the hedger , " and when I was fit to die with the fever I caught last autumn , who but Mistress Lenton , d'ye think , brought me round again ...
... Doctor , say I ; and God bless his Reverence . " " Aye , Master Purdy , " said Will Dykes , the hedger , " and when I was fit to die with the fever I caught last autumn , who but Mistress Lenton , d'ye think , brought me round again ...
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... Doctor ; nec primus , nec novissimus , as we used to say at Pem- broke . I , too , have heard of your fame here ; and fain would I have ridden over long ere this to see you ; but I know not how , so soon as I applied myself thereto ...
... Doctor ; nec primus , nec novissimus , as we used to say at Pem- broke . I , too , have heard of your fame here ; and fain would I have ridden over long ere this to see you ; but I know not how , so soon as I applied myself thereto ...
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... Doctor , " is , where the fellow could have picked up so much good divinity . Truly , I did never in my sermons preach better than he hath in some of his stage plays set forth . There dwelleth in my memory specially one passage : it was ...
... Doctor , " is , where the fellow could have picked up so much good divinity . Truly , I did never in my sermons preach better than he hath in some of his stage plays set forth . There dwelleth in my memory specially one passage : it was ...
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... Doctor came not back a bigger man than he went . " The day was fine , the road ( for those days ) good ; yet Dr. Lenton rested his horse half way , and allowed it to take its own time ; so that he did not reach Windsor till the sun was ...
... Doctor came not back a bigger man than he went . " The day was fine , the road ( for those days ) good ; yet Dr. Lenton rested his horse half way , and allowed it to take its own time ; so that he did not reach Windsor till the sun was ...
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Page 93 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 18 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: how would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 122 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 41 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History ; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Page 270 - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Page 255 - THE PERMANENCY OF LIFE. LIFE a right shadow is, For if it long appear, Then is it spent, and death's long night draws near : Shadows are moving, light, And is there aught so moving as is this ? » When it is most in sight, It steals away, and none can tell how, where, So near our cradles to our coffins are.
Page 214 - I appear'd before the Archbishop * And all the high commission ; I gave him no grace, But told him to his face, That he favour'd superstition. Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rochets : Come hear me pray nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets...
Page 17 - VASES, ALTARS, PATERAE, TRIPODS, CANDELABRA, SARCOPHAGI, &c., from various Museums and Collections. Engraved on 170 plates, by Henry Moses, with Historical Essays.