History and characteristics of Bishop Auckland

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W.J. Cummins, 1872 - 194 strani
 

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Stran 17 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Stran 17 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Stran 57 - To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet...
Stran 49 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Stran 171 - Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savory marjoram ; The marigold, that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping ; these arc flowers Of middle summer, and, I think, they arc given To men of middle age.
Stran 56 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Stran 87 - Come, thou shalt form my nosegay now, And I will bind thee round my brow; And as I twine the mournful wreath, I'll weave a melancholy song: And sweet the strain shall be, and long, The melody of death.
Stran 95 - You must have heard many tales on this subject ; but if ever there was a good Christian, without knowing himself to be so, it was Dr. Garth.
Stran 106 - Men's death I tell by doleful knell ; Lightning and thunder I break asunder ; On Sabbath all to church I call ; The sleepy head I raise from bed ; The winds so fierce I do disperse ; Men's cruel rage I do assuage.

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