 There he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house of God; where like a primitive saint, he offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day ; there he penned...  The Carthusian - Page 501872Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 802 pages
...constantly in St. Man's church, Cambridge. " There," says the author of the preface to his poems, " he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels : there...offered more prayers in the night, than others usually oiler in the day; there he penned these poems, Steps for happy Souls to climb Heaven by." The same... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 562 pages
...author of the preface to his poems, " he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels : there he made hi* nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house...offered more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day; there he penned these poems, Steps for happy Souls to climb Heaven by." The same... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 540 pages
...constantly in St. Mary's church, Cambridge. " There," says the author of the preface to his poems, " he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels; there...offered more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day ; there he penned these poems, " Steps for happy souls to climb Heaven by." The same... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...constantly in St. Mary's church, Cambridge. " There," says the author of the preface to his poems,- " he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels; there...offered' more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day ; there he penned these poems, " Steps for happy souls to climb Heaven by." The same... | |
 | Biography - 1813 - 536 pages
...constantly in St. Mary's church, Cambridge. " There," says the author of the preface to his poems, " he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels; there...the house of God ; where like a primitive saint he o»fered more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day ; there he penned these poems,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...of the preface, from his passing the greater part of his time in St. Mary's church, Cambridge. — " There he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels...offered more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day ;" there he penned these poems, " Steps for happy souls to climb Heav'n by." The first... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...of the preface, from his passing the greater part of his time in St. Mary's church, Cambridge. — " There he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels...offered more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day ;" there he penned these poems, " Steps for happy souls to climb Heav'n by." The first... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 408 pages
...the temple of God, under his wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's College, under Tertullian's roof of angels ; there he made...offered more prayers in the night, than others usually offer in the day*." On the 20th of November, 1636, he removed to Peterhouse, of which he was made Fellow... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 478 pages
...passed several hours in the solitude of St. Mary's Church. " In the temple of God, under his wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's College, under Tertullian's roof of angels ; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...years in St. Mary's Church, near Peterhouse, Cambridge. " There," says the preface to his works, " he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels ; there...offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day. There he penned these poems, viz. ' Steps to the Temple,' the title of one-third... | |
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