 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 ページ
...disputation, for he especially avoided contention. " I am weary " he says, " of the noise and opposition of this place; and, indeed God and nature did not...me for contentions, but for study and quietness." * He completed the great work already begun, which occupied eight volumes. The appearance of so great... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 ページ
...and he petitioned his superior to remove him to 'some quiet parsonage.' The following is the appeal: L , me degree of it in my quiet country parsonage. But I am weary of the noise and oppositions* of thi*... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 ページ
...earnestly solicited the archbishop for a remove from that place ; to whom he spake to this purpose : — " My Lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. My Lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here have proved the more unpleasant to me, because... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 ページ
...earnestly solicited the archbishop for a remove from that place ; to whom he spake to this purpose : — " My Lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which...me for contentions, but for study. and quietness. My Lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here have proved the more unpleasant to me, because... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1892 - 486 ページ
...right use of his powers in God's service, and at last he wrote this letter to the Archbishop : — " MY LORD, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. My lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here have proved the more unpleasant to me, because... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1892 - 484 ページ
...right use of his powers in God's service, and at last he wrote this letter to the Archbishop : — "Mv LORD, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. My lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here have proved the more unpleasant to me, because... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1893 - 640 ページ
...in his letter to him — an evidence of his charitable and peace-loving character— he remarks, " I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place,...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. ... I ... have begun a Treatise, in which I intend the satisfaction of others, by a demonstration of... | |
 | Thomas Nadauld Brushfield - 1893 - 156 ページ
...in his letter to him — an evidence of his charitable and peace-loving character — he remarks, " I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place,...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. ... I ... have begun a Treatise, in which I intend the satisfaction of others, by a demonstration of... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Vernon Blackburn - 1895 - 344 ページ
...earnestly solicited the Archbishop for a remove from that place ; to whom he spake to this purpose : ' My Lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. My Lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here have proved the more unpleasant to me, because... | |
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My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but... 
