Traditions and Recollections: Domestic, Clerical, and Literary; in which are Included Letters of Charles II, Cromwell, Fairfax, Edgecumbe, Macaulay, Wolcot, Opie, Whitaker, Gibbon, Buller, Courtenay, Moore, Downman, Drewe, Seward, Darwin, Cowper, Hayley, Hardinge, Sir Walter, Scott, and Other Distinguished Characters, Volume 2 |
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Page 370
... Manaccan , who charged him with want of orthodoxy and regularity . It does not appear , however , that the Doctor preach- ed in fields , barns , or meeting - houses ; and , as to his doctrinal sentiments , it would require con ...
... Manaccan , who charged him with want of orthodoxy and regularity . It does not appear , however , that the Doctor preach- ed in fields , barns , or meeting - houses ; and , as to his doctrinal sentiments , it would require con ...
Page 373
... Manaccan . It was a spot only less pleasant than our Devo- nian residences . In the walks to ST . ANTHONY † , the ... Manaccan , my publications prove . But to my church duties , I devoted much time . Of the small parish of St. Anthony ...
... Manaccan . It was a spot only less pleasant than our Devo- nian residences . In the walks to ST . ANTHONY † , the ... Manaccan , my publications prove . But to my church duties , I devoted much time . Of the small parish of St. Anthony ...
Page 376
... Manaccan consta- bles , while in the act of surveying the harbour of Helford , and triumphantly brought to the vicar- age , to be examined by the Justice , under a sus- * Vol . V. p . 8 . picion of correspondence with the enemy . Not ...
... Manaccan consta- bles , while in the act of surveying the harbour of Helford , and triumphantly brought to the vicar- age , to be examined by the Justice , under a sus- * Vol . V. p . 8 . picion of correspondence with the enemy . Not ...
Page 380
... Manaccan , the country - seat of one of his constituents . I was honoured with a morning - call ; and he well recol- lected me , as a Christ Church man . His " Petrus * I have not forgotten the honour of a visit from Lord De ...
... Manaccan , the country - seat of one of his constituents . I was honoured with a morning - call ; and he well recol- lected me , as a Christ Church man . His " Petrus * I have not forgotten the honour of a visit from Lord De ...
Page 382
... Manaccan , at the distance of about eight miles , where I was that night expected by Mr. PoLWHELE , Vicar of the parish , in consequence of a letter which Mr. GWATKIN † had written to him . My driver would have been * J. Rogers , Esq ...
... Manaccan , at the distance of about eight miles , where I was that night expected by Mr. PoLWHELE , Vicar of the parish , in consequence of a letter which Mr. GWATKIN † had written to him . My driver would have been * J. Rogers , Esq ...
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