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" Thus this brook has 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. "
The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies.. - Page 115
1845
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Tales of the Reformation

Anne Maria Sargeant - Reformation - 1846 - 168 pages
...and death of Sir John Old* "This brook," the historian Fuller observes, "conveyed his ashes into the Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliff were the emblems of his doctrine, which is now disced all over the world." castle, lord of...
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The Life of Thomas Shepard

John Adams Albro - 1847 - 336 pages
...reformer to be dug up, burnt, and the ashes to be thrown into a brook. " Thus," says Fuller, " this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon ; Avon into Severn...; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wickliff are the emblem of his doctrine which is now disseminated all the world over."* The number...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...says Fuller, the church historian, in a passage which brings quaintness to the borders of sublimity. ' man decay ! Wien clothes are taken from a chest ħ M...Z ⁀ \"I 1847 Gould, Kendall and Lincoln"% Chambers Rob Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which is now. dispersed all the world over." As a specimen...
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The North American Review, Volume 65

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1847 - 550 pages
...he suffered greatly and cast them into Swift, a neighbouring brook running hard by. Thus thia brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn,...seas, they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wyclifle are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." The best comment...
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Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1847 - 490 pages
...into a brook (Swift) near Lutterworth. To use the beautiful comparison of Fuller — "Thus the brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn,...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." APPEARANCES OF...
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Passages from the History of Liberty

Samuel Eliot - Spain - 1847 - 294 pages
...burnt them to ashes and cast them into Swift, a neighboring brook running hard by. Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn...Seas, they into the main Ocean; and thus the ashes of Wycliffe are the emblem of his Doctrine, which is now dispersed all the world over." It is only needful...
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Last Hours of Christians; or, an Account of the deaths of some eminent ...

Henry CLISSOLD - Christian biography - 1847 - 276 pages
...to this day, for the most part of his articles, do remain." "The brook," says Fuller, " did convey his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into...seas, they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wicklif are the emblems of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." In his work named...
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The Protestant elector, Issue 1303

362 pages
...to this day, for the most part of his articles, do remain." " The brook," says Fuller, " did convey his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into...seas, they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes df Wicliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." (0) The principal...
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The North American Review, Volume 65

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1847 - 546 pages
...suffered greatly and cast them into Swift, a neighbouring brook running hard by. Thus this brook ltath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the7 main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wvcliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...them to ashes, and cast them into Swift, a neighbouring brook, running hard by. Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into 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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