The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, المجلد 16J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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الصفحة 11
... wish , to be Lord Presidents ; and wise men enough for the mint . And as unmeet a thing it is for bishops to be Lord Presidents , or priests to be minters , as it was for the Corinthians to plead matters of variance before judges ...
... wish , to be Lord Presidents ; and wise men enough for the mint . And as unmeet a thing it is for bishops to be Lord Presidents , or priests to be minters , as it was for the Corinthians to plead matters of variance before judges ...
الصفحة 14
... wish he would go down again ; but when he begins to speak , they dread the time of his de- scending . " It is a singular fact , that this very successful preacher , after he had entered into orders , thought himself so ill - qualified ...
... wish he would go down again ; but when he begins to speak , they dread the time of his de- scending . " It is a singular fact , that this very successful preacher , after he had entered into orders , thought himself so ill - qualified ...
الصفحة 28
... wish , and may it do them all the good they deserve . " The bishop's aversion to preaching is supposed to have arisen from his not having been intended for the church . His promotion is very singular ; he was captain of a ship , and ...
... wish , and may it do them all the good they deserve . " The bishop's aversion to preaching is supposed to have arisen from his not having been intended for the church . His promotion is very singular ; he was captain of a ship , and ...
الصفحة 40
... wish to give you a loop - hole to escape through . Going to church last Sunday , I saw an unknown man in the pulpit ; and rising up to prayers , I began , as others do on the like occasion , to look round the church to see if there were ...
... wish to give you a loop - hole to escape through . Going to church last Sunday , I saw an unknown man in the pulpit ; and rising up to prayers , I began , as others do on the like occasion , to look round the church to see if there were ...
الصفحة 49
... wishes . God has not given it to me ; if he had , be assured I would use it ; I would encircle you with my little clients , hang them on your garments , teach their fatherless arms to entwine about your knees , their innocent eyes to ...
... wishes . God has not given it to me ; if he had , be assured I would use it ; I would encircle you with my little clients , hang them on your garments , teach their fatherless arms to entwine about your knees , their innocent eyes to ...
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admiral afterwards answer appeared appointed Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury asked attention Bishop Bishop of Oxford brother called cause celebrated chaplain Charles christian church Church of England circumstances clergy clergyman command conduct congregation court creditors Daniel Burgess death declared delivered discourse divine doctor Duke duty Earl eloquence emperor enemy England enquired faithful father favour fortune gave gentleman give hand hear heard hearers honest honour HUGH BROUGHTON immediately integrity judge justice king letter living London Lord Lord Clive lordship Louis XIV majesty manner Marquess MARQUESS OF WELLESLEY Mascaron ment minister never nonconformist occasion offered once person pleased poor prayed prayers preached preacher present prince pulpit queen received refused reign replied reward royal says sent sermon soon Sunday tell thing thou thought tion told took treaty of Uxbridge truth Wesley Whitefield words young zeal
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الصفحة 93 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
الصفحة 3 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
الصفحة 22 - Tis that which we all see and know.' Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Porteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
الصفحة 23 - ... sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
الصفحة 156 - I own there are exceptions to this general observation, and that the Dean we heard the other day together is an orator *. He has so much regard to. his congregation, that he commits to his memory what he has to say to them ; and has so soft and graceful a behaviour, that it must attract your attention. His person...
الصفحة 140 - The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both rich and poor; with an Appendix containing Reflections on the present State of England and France.
الصفحة 164 - Scream no more, at the peril of your soul. God now warns you by me, whom He has set over you. Speak as earnestly as you can, but do not scream. Speak •with all your heart, but with a moderate voice. It was said of onr Lord, ' He shall not cry ' ; the word properly means, He shall not scream.
الصفحة 55 - My lord, your father would have gone further :" to which the duke answered, " Your majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have gone so far.
الصفحة 12 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
الصفحة 11 - If the apostles might not leave the office of preaching to the deacons, shall one leave it for minting ? I cannot tell you ; but the saying is, that since priests have been minters, money hath been worse than it was before. And they say that the evilness of money hath made all things dearer. And in this behalf I must speak to England. Hear, my country, England...