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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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The Plaint of Freedom

William James Linton - Great Britain - 1852 - 90 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...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.' Pray thou for...
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The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volume 1

Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 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 bis doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over." In his work named...
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...throwing the ashes into a brook ; of which transaction Fuller nobly says : " This brook hath conveyed the ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the...seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which is now dispersed all the world over." Chaucer deserves...
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Outlines of Ecclesiastical History, Before the Reformation

William Henry Hoare - Church history - 1852 - 280 pages
...and burnt, and the ashes cast into an adjoining brook. ' The brook,' says Fuller, ' did convey them into Avon ; Avon into Severn ; Severn into the narrow...; 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 work which...
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The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1852 - 684 pages
...them to ashes, and cast them into Swift, a neighbouring brook, running hard by. Thus tf,ΓΊ brook has tAe main ocean ; and thms the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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The Presbyterian Casket, Volumes 3-4

1852 - 448 pages
...writes, " they cast his ashes into the Swift, a neighboring brook running hard by. Thus this brook hath 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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The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers ..., Volume 1

Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...brook. On this indignity Fuller makes the following memorable reflection: β€” "The brook did convey his ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn 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 s death renders...
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Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Bristol, and the ...

Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - Bristol (England) - 1853 - 398 pages
...historian, led to that touching reflection on the first of these great men : β€” " The brook did convey his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into...seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of WicklifFe are the emblem of his doctrine, which is now dispersed all the world over." And if we have...
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Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Bristol, and the ...

Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - Bristol (England) - 1853 - 450 pages
...historian, led to that touching reflection on the first of these great men : β€” " The brook did convey his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into...seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which is now dispersed all the world over." And if we have...
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The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ...

1854 - 590 pages
...as old Fuller quaintly said, "This brook conveyed them into the Avon, the Avon into the Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean, and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are an emblem of his doctrine which now is dispersed all the world over." Wickliffe is often...
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