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" Thus this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.— FULLER, THOMAS, 1655,... "
Poems and Essays - Page 566
by Charles Lamb - 1879 - 639 pages
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A History of the Church, from the Earliest Ages to the Reformation, Volume 1

George Waddington - Church history - 1833 - 802 pages
...brook. ' The brook (says Fuller, in words which should be engraven on every heart) did convey liis ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn into the...seas; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.' His doctrine was...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...Doctors, and their servants, so that the remnant of the body would not hold out a bone amongst so many hands, take what was left out of the grave, and burnt...neighbouring brook running hard by. Thus this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main...
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Rosamund Gray: Recollections of Christ's Hospital, Etc. Etc

Charles Lamb - 1835 - 376 pages
...Doctors, and their servants, (so that the remnant of the body would not hold out a bone amongst so many hands,) take what was left out of the grave, and burnt...Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, then into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now...
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The Monthly Review, Volume 3

Books - 1835 - 642 pages
...Doctors, and their servants, (>o that the remnant of the body would not hold ont a bone amongst so many hands), take what was left out of the grave, and burnt...brook, running hard by. Thus this brook has conveyed Ait ashet into TOL. III. (1835.) No. I. I Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, then...
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Rosamund Gray: Recollections of Christ's Hospital, Etc. Etc

Charles Lamb - 1835 - 390 pages
...Doctors, and their servants, (so that the remnant of the body would not hold out a bone amongst so many hands,) take what was left out of the grave, and burnt...into Swift, a neighbouring brook, running hard by. Thw this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, then...
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Historical Parallels, Volume 2

Arthur Thomas Malkin - History - 1835 - 440 pages
...equally well applied to the good man whose history has just been related : — " The brook did convey his ashes into Avon ; Avon into Severn ; Severn into...; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." Jerome of Prague...
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The gallery of portraits: with memoirs ...

Biography - 1835 - 492 pages
...indignity, Fuller makes the following memorable reflection : — " The brook did convey his ashes in Avon ; Avon into Severn ; Severn into the narrow seas...; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblems of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." The date of Wiclif...
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The Prose Works of Charles Lamb, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - English essays - 1836 - 404 pages
...Doctors, and their servants, (so that the remnant of the body would not hold out a bone amongst so many hands,) take what was left out of the grave, and burnt...Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, then into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now...
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Perranzabuloe, the lost church found: or, The Church of England not a new Church

Charles Trelawny Collins Trelawny - 1836 - 356 pages
...his grave — reduced his bones to ashes — and cast the ashes into the river Swift. " This brook conveyed his ashes into Avon — Avon into Severn...— they into the main ocean : and thus the ashes of Wicliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all over the world '." But this attempt...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs, Volume 6

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1836 - 296 pages
...indignity, Fuller makes the following memorable reflection : — " The brook did convey his ashes in Avon ; Avon into Severn ; Severn into the narrow seas...; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblems of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." The date of Wiclif...
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