Monmouthshire. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Tintern Abbey,: Including a Variety of Other Particulars, Deserving the Stranger's Notice, Relating to that Much-admired Ruin, and Its Neighborhood. : The Whole Never Before Published. : Collected from Original Papers and Unquestionable Authorities |
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Page 65 - WORLD ; WHICH HE TRAVERSED TO REDUCE THE SUM OF HUMAN MISERY. FROM THE THRONE TO THE DUNGEON HIS NAME WAS MENTIONED WITH RESPECT, GRATITUDE, AND ADMIRATION.
Page 10 - Word. Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly...
Page 65 - A Victim to the perilous and benevolent Attempt To ascertain the Cause of, and find an efficacious Remedy For the Plague. He trod an open but unfrequented Path to Immortality, In the ardent and unintermitted Exercise of Christian Charity. May this Tribute to his Fame Excite an Emulation of his truly glorious Achievements.
Page 56 - And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me : I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever ; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Page 24 - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
Page 2 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Page 65 - This extraordinary man had the fortune to be honoured, whilst living, In the manner which his virtues deserved: He received the thanks Of both houses of the British and Irish Parliaments For his eminent services rendered to his country and to mankind. Our national prisons and hospitals. Improved upon the suggestions of his wisdom, Bear testimony to the solidity of his judgment, And to the estimation in which he was held In every part of the civilized world, Which he traversed to reduce the sum of...
Page 65 - His modesty alone defeated various efforts which were made during his life, to erect this statue, which the public has now consecrated to his memory. He was born at Hackney in the County of Middlesex, Sept.
Page 1 - He is also of opinion that if stationary men would pay some attention to the districts on which they reside, and would publish their thoughts respecting the objects that surround them, from such materials might be drawn the most complete county-histories, which are still wanting in several parts of this kingdom, and in particular.
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| Title | Monmouthshire. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Tintern Abbey,: Including a Variety of Other Particulars, Deserving the Stranger's Notice, Relating to that Much-admired Ruin, and Its Neighborhood. : The Whole Never Before Published. : Collected from ... |
| Author | Charles Heath |
| Publisher | him, in the market place: sold also at all the towns in the county., 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2005 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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