 ... sooner. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion : yet if he give him leave he is a good Christian, to his power (that is), comes to church in his best clothes, and sits there...  The Literary panorama - Page 6251818Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion : yet if he give him leave ho is a good Christian, to his power (that is), comes...is capable only of two prayers, for rain and fair weather. He apprehends God's blessings enly in a good year, or a fat pasture, and never praises him... | |
 | sir Thomas Overbury - 1865 - 338 pages
...sooner. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion ; yet, if he give him leave, he is a good Christian to his ability — that is, comes to church in his best clothes, and sits there with his neighbours, where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...sooner. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion : yet if he give him leave, he is...is capable only of two prayers, for rain and fair weather. He apprehends God's blessings only in a good year or a fat pasture, and never praises him... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...ooner. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he lakes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion : yet if he give him leave, he is a good Clirigtiau, to his power (that is), comes to church iu his best clothes, and sits there with his neighbours,... | |
 | Henry Morley - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1891 - 460 pages
...sooner. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion : Yet if he give him leave he is...is capable only of two prayers, for rain, and fair weather. He apprehends God's blessings only in a good year, or a fat pasture, and never praises him... | |
 | American fiction - 1906 - 560 pages
...haste bee never so great, will fixe here a halfe houre's contemplation. . . Yet if hee (his landlord) give him leave, he is a good Christian to his power,...Neighbours, where he is capable only of two Prayers, for raine and faire weather. . . . Hee thinks nothing to be vices but Pride and ill-husbandry, from which... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...English. His religion is a part of his copyhold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion; yet if he give him leave, he is a good Christian to his power, that id, comes to church in his best clothes, and sits there with his neighbours, where he is capable of... | |
 | John Earle - Characters and characteristics - 1899 - 204 pages
...sooner. His religion is a part of his copy-hold, which he takes from his landlord, and refers it wholly to his discretion : yet if he give him leave he is...is capable only of two prayers, for rain, and fair weather. He apprehends God's blessings only in a good year, or a fat pasture, and never praises him... | |
 | American fiction - 1906 - 548 pages
...haste bee never so great, will fixe here a halfe houre's contemplation. . . Yet if hee (his landlord) give him leave, he is a good Christian to his power,...Neighbours, where he is capable only of two Prayers, for raine and faire weather. . . . Hee thinks nothing to be vices but Pride and ill-husbandry, from which... | |
 | John Earle - Character - 1920 - 218 pages
...wholly to his discretion. Yet. if hee give him leave, he is a good Christian to his power5 (that 25 is) comes to Church in his best clothes, and sits there with his Neighbours, where he is capable onely of two Prayers, for raine and faire weather. Hee apprehends God's blessings onely in a Good Yeere,... | |
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