Lambeth and the Vatican: Or, Anecdotes of the Church of Rome, of the Refomed Churches, and of Sects and Sectaries ...J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825 - Anecdotes |
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... piece of dissimulation in running away " from a bishopric to catch an archbishopric . " He was nominated to the see of Canterbury , April 15 , 1691 . RICHARD KEDERMINSTER . This amiable aud learned man was the last abbot but one , who ...
... piece of dissimulation in running away " from a bishopric to catch an archbishopric . " He was nominated to the see of Canterbury , April 15 , 1691 . RICHARD KEDERMINSTER . This amiable aud learned man was the last abbot but one , who ...
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... pieces close to his chair . It is proper to add , that a more flagitious character never sullied the page of history . TRANSLATION EXTRAORDINARY . Dr. Symonds cites , perhaps , the strongest instance of wrong translation in our bibles ...
... pieces close to his chair . It is proper to add , that a more flagitious character never sullied the page of history . TRANSLATION EXTRAORDINARY . Dr. Symonds cites , perhaps , the strongest instance of wrong translation in our bibles ...
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... pieces of church preferment , of different " sizes and descriptions , are in the gift of the 66 twenty - six bishops ; more than six hundred in " the presentation of the two Universities ; about one thousand in the gift of the several ...
... pieces of church preferment , of different " sizes and descriptions , are in the gift of the 66 twenty - six bishops ; more than six hundred in " the presentation of the two Universities ; about one thousand in the gift of the several ...
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... pieces , " while the angel above is sounding the last " trumpet . The defunct is represented as rising " from the grave with astonishment in his face , " and opens a curtain to see what may be the " matter . Some Westminster wag wrote ...
... pieces , " while the angel above is sounding the last " trumpet . The defunct is represented as rising " from the grave with astonishment in his face , " and opens a curtain to see what may be the " matter . Some Westminster wag wrote ...
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... the bishopric of Carthage was purchased by a wealthy matron , named Lucilla , for her servant Majorinus . The price was four hundred Folles Every Follis contained one hundred and twenty- five pieces of H 3 AND DIVINES . 101.
... the bishopric of Carthage was purchased by a wealthy matron , named Lucilla , for her servant Majorinus . The price was four hundred Folles Every Follis contained one hundred and twenty- five pieces of H 3 AND DIVINES . 101.
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Page 166 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 39 - I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all ! At this sermon there was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before he came from home : towards the conclusion of the discourse, however, he felt a strong...
Page 9 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Page 12 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Page 39 - Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.
Page xiv - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 22 - When he had thirty pounds a year, he lived on twenty-eight, and gave away forty shillings. The next year, receiving sixty pounds, he still lived on twenty-eight, and gave away two and thirty.
Page 19 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 102 - ... till at length the head of the college came out to him from an inner room, with half a dozen nightcaps upon his head, and religious horror in his countenance. The young man trembled ; but his fears increased, when, instead of being asked what progress he had made in learning, he was examined how he abounded in grace.
Page 169 - Creed was repeated by the minister, and the king followed him throughout with a distinct and audible voice.