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... anabaptist congregation -Gifford by name , a good man , we doubt not , but little qualified to give sound advice to such a mind so tortured . He had been a soldier among the royalists , and a sad profligate , and was now settled down ...
... anabaptist congregation -Gifford by name , a good man , we doubt not , but little qualified to give sound advice to such a mind so tortured . He had been a soldier among the royalists , and a sad profligate , and was now settled down ...
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... Anabaptist .. He resided at Robert Marchant's , who had four daughters , of which he seems to have had the handsomest for his wife or concubine . Claxton was now apprehended by Parliament ; but after remaining in custody six months , it ...
... Anabaptist .. He resided at Robert Marchant's , who had four daughters , of which he seems to have had the handsomest for his wife or concubine . Claxton was now apprehended by Parliament ; but after remaining in custody six months , it ...
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... safety to himself . John Bunyan was suffered to go abroad at pleasure , visited the various assemblies of his sect , and was actually chosen pastor of the Anabaptist congrega- tion in the 92 CRITICISM ON NOVELS AND ROMANCES .
... safety to himself . John Bunyan was suffered to go abroad at pleasure , visited the various assemblies of his sect , and was actually chosen pastor of the Anabaptist congrega- tion in the 92 CRITICISM ON NOVELS AND ROMANCES .
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Walter Scott. actually chosen pastor of the Anabaptist congrega- tion in the town . He accepted the office , and be- ing thus only a prisoner on parole , he appears to have been able to exercise its duties freely and usefully - for as it ...
Walter Scott. actually chosen pastor of the Anabaptist congrega- tion in the town . He accepted the office , and be- ing thus only a prisoner on parole , he appears to have been able to exercise its duties freely and usefully - for as it ...
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... Anabaptists of Bedford . Either has told a tale expressive of the progress of religion and morality -Spenser's under the guise of a romance of chi- valry , while that of Bunyan recalls the outline of a popular fairy tale , with its ...
... Anabaptists of Bedford . Either has told a tale expressive of the progress of religion and morality -Spenser's under the guise of a romance of chi- valry , while that of Bunyan recalls the outline of a popular fairy tale , with its ...
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Page 115 - He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low, no pride. He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his guide.
Page 271 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Page 274 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Page 321 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Page 115 - Wouldst thou divert thyself from melancholy? Wouldst thou be pleasant, yet be far from folly? Wouldst thou read riddles, and their explanation, Or else be drowned in thy contemplation? Dost thou love picking meat? Or wouldst thou see A man i' th' clouds and hear him speak to thee?
Page 275 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 81 - Just when he was come over against the mouth of the burning pit, one of the wicked ones got behind him, and stepped up softly to him, and whisperingly suggested many grievous blasphemies to him, which he verily thought had proceeded from his own mind.
Page 275 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 171 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Page 258 - I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.