The Life of Edward White Benson: Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume 1Macmillan, 1899 - Bishops |
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Page viii
... wrote in his Diary the daily events of his life , so that the account of his Primacy is mainly autobiographical ; indeed , the existence of this Diary , which is one of the most complete and candid documents which it has ever been my ...
... wrote in his Diary the daily events of his life , so that the account of his Primacy is mainly autobiographical ; indeed , the existence of this Diary , which is one of the most complete and candid documents which it has ever been my ...
Page xvii
... wrote : An ancient race , to simple duties vowed , In narrow bounds an easy life endured1 . The earliest ancestor discoverable is a certain Thomas Benson , Ranger or Forestiarius of the Nidderdale Forest belonging to Fountains Abbey ...
... wrote : An ancient race , to simple duties vowed , In narrow bounds an easy life endured1 . The earliest ancestor discoverable is a certain Thomas Benson , Ranger or Forestiarius of the Nidderdale Forest belonging to Fountains Abbey ...
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... wrote several tracts on ecclesiastical subjects . He is buried at the east end of the Church which he founded . " Istius ecclesiae stabilitor " has been cut more recently in the small stone which he ordered to be his only memorial . The ...
... wrote several tracts on ecclesiastical subjects . He is buried at the east end of the Church which he founded . " Istius ecclesiae stabilitor " has been cut more recently in the small stone which he ordered to be his only memorial . The ...
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... it is possible to love a master , " he wrote to his uncle . He used to say that he owed more to Mr Moyle than to any of his other teachers except Prince Lee , From a photograph by F. O. Lane , Esq . 24 AET . 1-15 THE ORATORY.
... it is possible to love a master , " he wrote to his uncle . He used to say that he owed more to Mr Moyle than to any of his other teachers except Prince Lee , From a photograph by F. O. Lane , Esq . 24 AET . 1-15 THE ORATORY.
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... wrote one which was intended as a joke , but which from your second letter I thought you had wilfully misconstrued . You wrong me for supposing that I wished to get out of the Matthew Questions - such a purpose never entered my thoughts ...
... wrote one which was intended as a joke , but which from your second letter I thought you had wilfully misconstrued . You wrong me for supposing that I wished to get out of the Matthew Questions - such a purpose never entered my thoughts ...
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Page 338 - ... instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
Page 571 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you- ward.
Page 405 - Thou shalt preserve me from trouble: Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
Page 62 - No, indeed: but an obscure, harmless man; a man in poor clothes, his loins usually girt in a coarse gown, or canonical coat; of a mean stature, and stooping, and yet more lowly in the thoughts of his soul; his body worn out, not with age, but study and holy mortifications; his face full of heat-pimples, begot by his unactivity and sedentary life.
Page 327 - Eye, to which all order festers, all things here are out of joint, Science moves, but slowly slowly, creeping on from point to point: Slowly comes a hungry people, as a lion, creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowly-dying fire. Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns.
Page 453 - This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Page 405 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely in the floods- of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page 261 - He always wins who sides with God, To him no chance is lost ; God's will is sweetest to him, when It triumphs at his cost.
Page 323 - So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. 20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
Page 114 - I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade : at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.