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" My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 274
by George Burnett - 1813
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1784 - 552 pages
...found fome degree of it in my quiet " country parfonage. But I am weary of the noife and op*' pofitions of this place ; and indeed God and nature did " not intend me for contentions, but for Itudy and quietnels, ** And, my lord, my particular contefts here with Mr. Tra. " vers have proved...
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The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine Mr. Richard Hooker ...

Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1793 - 528 pages
...found fome degree of it 'in my quiet country Parfonage : but I am weary of the noife and oppofttions of this place , and indeed God and Nature did not intend me for contentions, but for fiudy andquiettufs. And, my Lord, my particular contefts here with Mr. Gravers, have proved the more...
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Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George ...

Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...found fome degree of it in my quiet country parfonage ; but I am weary " of the noife and oppofitions of this place, and indeed God and Nature " did not intend me for contentions, but for ftudy and quietnefs. And, my " Lord, my particular contefts here with Mr. Travers have proved the more...
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The baptist Magazine

1864 - 868 pages
...behold God's blessing spring out of my mother-earth, and eat my own bread without opposition ; for, indeed, God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness." Such pleading as this for a lower place could scarcely be denied, and the Archbishop was the more disposed...
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Bishop Jewel. Bernard Gilpin. Richard Hooker. Archbishop Whitgift. John ...

Christian biography - 1810 - 594 pages
...place, to whom he spake to this purpose. , " My Lord, When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my College, 'yet I found some degree of it in my quiet...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. My Lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here have proved the more unpleasant to me, because...
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Biographia evangelica; or, An historical account of ... the most ..., Volume 2

Erasmus Middleton - 1810 - 556 pages
...situation in the following letter. " MY LORD, " "When I ]o..t the freedom of my cell, which was my f college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet...•' did not intend me for contentions, but for study aud " quietness. And, my lord, my particular contests here " with Mr Travers have proved the more ur.plea««...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...quieter situation in the following letter: " My lord, When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet...of this place ; and indeed God and nature did not iutend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. And, my lord, my particular contests here with...
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Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of ...

Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 584 pages
...situation in the following letter. «« MY Loun, «« When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my « college, yet I found some degree of it, in my quiet...contests here « with Mr Travers have proved the more unplea« sant to me, because I believe him to be a good cc man ; and that belief hath occasioned me...
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Biographia evangelica

Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 554 pages
...following letter. " MY LOUD, " "When I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my ?' college, yet I tound some degree of it in my quiet " country parsonage....contests here ?' with Mr Travers have proved the more unplea" sant to me, because I believe him to be a good " man; and -that belief hath occasioned me to...
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr ...

Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...remove, to whom he spake to this purpose : " My Lord, when I lost the free" dom of my cell, which was my college, yet I " found some degree of it in my quiet...•• oppositions of this place, and indeed God and ' See Dr. Spencer's Address to the Reader, prefixed to the first •dition of " Hooker's Ecclesiastical...
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