 | John Albert Broadus - 1874 - 436 pages
...chaplain — just reading a sermon as one might read a poem ; and enjoying it in much the same way. " ' At his first settling with me, I made him a present...Accordingly, he has digested them into such a series, and they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.' " As Sir... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first 30 settling with me, I made him a present of all the...and make a continued system of practical divinity.' As Sir Roger was going on in his story, the gentleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first 30 settling with me, I made him a present of all the...and make a continued system of practical divinity.' As Sir Roger was going on in his story, the gentleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 pages
...happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first 30 settling with me; j ma(je him a present of all the good sermons which have been...and make a continued system of practical divinity-' As Sir Roger was going on m ms story> the gentleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - 380 pages
...Greeks.' The antecedent is very strongly restricted by the superlative adjective ' first.' ' I have made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English.' The present consists, not of all the good sermons extant, but only of all such good sermons as possess... | |
 | John Albert Broadus - 1876 - 530 pages
...chaplain — just reading a sermon as one might read a poem ; and enjoying it in much the same way. " ' At his first settling with me, I made him a present...Accordingly, he has digested them into such a series, and they follow one »'••"•• her naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...acquiesce in his Judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. ve also divers strange and artificial begg'd of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in tho Pulpit. Accordingly, he has digested... | |
 | Art - 1876 - 124 pages
...aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the best sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him, that every Sunday, he would... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1877 - 564 pages
...acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once, or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me, I made him a present...of all the good Sermons which have been printed in England, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the Pulpit. Accordingly,... | |
 | 1879 - 760 pages
...At his first settling with me,' said Sir Roger, ' I made him a present of all the good sermons that have been printed in English, and only begged of him...make a continued system of practical divinity. ' The Spectator's reference to this plan of Sir Roger follows in this wise : ' As Sir Roger was going on... | |
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At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series,... 
