Memorials of the Danvers Family (of Dauntsey and Culworth): Their Ancestors and Descendants from the Conquest Till the Termination of the Eighteenth Century; with Some Account of the Alliances of the Family and of the Places, where They Were Seated

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Hardy & Page, 1895 - 562 páginas
 

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Página 309 - And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven...
Página 481 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 534 - And he had often said the same to Mr Herbert himself; and that if he could like her for a Wife, and she him for a Husband, Jane should have a double blessing; and Mr Danvers had so often said the like to Jane, and so much commended Mr Herbert to her, that Jane became so much a Platonic, as to fall in love with Mr Herbert unseen.
Página 176 - The cause why I have called and summoned this my present Parliament is that I purpose to live upon mine own, and not to charge my subjects but in great and urgent causes, concerning more the weale of themselves, and also the defence of them and of this my realm...
Página 253 - TO ALL ANGELS AND SAINTS OH glorious spirits, who, after all your bands, See the smooth face of God, without a frown Or strict commands ; Where ev'ry one is king, and hath his crown, If not upon his head, yet in his hands ; Not out of...
Página 253 - The great restorative for all decay In young and old ; Thou art the cabinet where the jewel lay : Chiefly to thee would I my soul unfold. But now, alas ! I dare not ; for our King, Whom we do all jointly adore and praise, Bids no such thing : And where his pleasure no injunction lays (Tis your own case), ye never move a wing. All worship is prerogative, and a flower Of his rich crown, from whom lies no appeal At the last hour : Therefore we dare not from his garland steal, To make a posie for inferior...
Página 104 - This performance is plain, forcible, and eloquent. But he probably piqued himself much more on his speech the next year from the words Corona Regni in manu Dei : " On which he demonstrated that three sorts of men are crowned, viz. all Christians in their baptism, in token whereof they are anointed ; all clerks in their orders, in token whereof they are shaven ; and all kings in their coronation, who in token thereof wear a crown of gold set about with flowers and precious stones. The erecting and...
Página 534 - Mr Danvers having known him long and familiarly, did so much affect him that he often and publicly declared a desire that Mr Herbert would marry any of his nine daughters (for he had so many) ; but rather his Daughter Jane than any other, because Jane was his beloved Daughter...
Página 388 - I to his Grace for putting me into this place where I have had convenient time and space to have remembrance of my end. And so help me God, most of all...
Página 49 - ... them alone, the holy Eucharist. The dead (no doubt the most cruel affliction) were cast out of the towns, buried like dogs in some unconsecrated place — in a ditch or a dung-heap — without prayer, without the tolling bell, without funeral rite. Those only can judge the effect of this fearful malediction who consider how completely the whole life of all orders was affected by the ritual and daily ordinances of the Church. Every important act was done under the counsel of the priest or the...

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