| John Watkins - 1808 - 768 strani
...against the authority of the scriptures.—. But let his lordship speak for himself. ‘Being thus doubtful in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being opened towards towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, ‘I took my book ‘Dc Veritate,'... | |
| Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1809 - 356 strani
...much opposition, I did consider whether it was not better for me a while to suppress it. Being thus doubtful in my chamber, one fair day in the summer,...and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words, 0 thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 628 strani
...revelation, he hesitated much on the propriety of publishing it. ‘Being thus doubtful,' he says, ‘in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement...my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said, “0 thou Eternal Gbd, I am not satisfied enough whether Ia hail publish this book. If it be for thy... | |
| Joseph Nightingale - 1813 - 436 strani
...application to heaven for a sign. His lordship thus relates this most singular affair:— " Being thus doubtful, in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, I took my book ' De Veritate'... | |
| Joseph Nightingale - 1818 - 408 strani
...application to heaven for a sign. His lordship thus relates this most singular affair:— " Being thus doubtful, in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, I took my book ' De Veritate'... | |
| Shropshire gazetteer - 1824 - 1028 strani
...much opposition, I did consider whether it was not better for me, a while, to suppress it. Being thus doubtful in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, I took my "De Veritate" in my... | |
| 1824 - 666 strani
...MEXICO.« THE eccentric Lord Herbert of Cherbury relates the following extraordinary anecdote of himself: " In my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, I took my book De Veritaic in... | |
| Mark Willett - 1825 - 490 strani
...discovery of truth, he hesitated whether he should suspend the publication. "Being" he says, " thus doubtful in my chamber, one fair day in the summer,...kneeling on my knees devoutly, said these words:— " O, thou eternal God, author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations,... | |
| Samuel Hibbert- Ware - 1825 - 504 strani
...some opposition, I did consider whether it was not better for me a while to suppress it. Being thus doubtful in my chamber one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, I took my book, De Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly... | |
| Samuel Hibbert - 1825 - 514 strani
...some opposition, I did consider whether it was not better for me a while to suppress it. Being thus doubtful in my chamber one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, I took my book, De Ventate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly... | |
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