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" I very well knew a great man," says the hishop, " and peer of the realm, from whom he had just expectations of preferment ; but this was so far from stopping his mouth, that he reproved him to his face, upon a very critical affair. He missed of his preferment,... "
The Church of England bulwark, and clergyman's protector - Page 5
1828
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Several sermons upon the fifth of St. Matthew. To which is added ..., Volume 1

Anthony Horneck - 1706 - 484 pages
...cannot but add, that he had, in great Meafure, the Spirit and Courage of John the Bttftijt: He durft reprove a great Man; and perhaps that Man lived not, that was more confcientious in this matterI very well knew a great Man, and Peer of the Realm, from whom he had juft...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1798 - 482 pages
...ever lived'. "He had-the zeal, the fpirit, the courage of John the Baptift," fays KicMer, " and durft reprove a great man ; and perhaps that man lived not, that was more confcientious in this matter. I very well knew a great man," fays the bilhop, " and peer of the realm,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...that ever lived. " He had the zeal, the spirit, the courage, of John the Baptist," says Kidder, " and durst reprove a great man ; and perhaps that man lived...conscientious in this matter. I very well knew a great man," says the hishop, " and peer of the realm, from whom he had just expectations of preferment ; but this...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1814 - 538 pages
...spirit, the courage, of John the Baptist," says Kidder, " and durst reprove a great man ; and pierhaps that man lived not, that was more conscientious in this matter. I very well knew a great man," says the bishop, " and peer of the realm, from whom he had just expectations of preferment ; but this...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 16

Anecdotes - 1826 - 370 pages
...had," he says, " the zeal, the spirit, the courage of John the Baptist, and durst reprove a great man; perhaps that man lived not, that was more conscientious in this matter." TROPE FOR TROPE. A clergyman preaching in the neighbourhood of Wapping, observing that most part of...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1832 - 550 pages
...enough to speak of abroad, but perhaps no other had courage to reprove, choosing rather to lose his fine than omit his duty. ' Upon this occasion I cannot...reprove a great man, and perhaps that man lived not who was more conscientious in this matter. I very well knew a great man, and peer of the realm, from...
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