Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Rev. Richard Hurd |
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Page 9 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 304 - They are very good Latin both, and hardly to be judged which is better; and both very ill reasoning, hardly to be judged which is worse ; like two declamations, pro and con, made for exercise only in a rhetoric school by one and the same man. So like is a Presbyterian to an Independent.
Page 298 - And that she did acknowledge you had a great wit, and an excellent gift of speech, and much other good learning. But in law she rather thought you could make show to the uttermost of your knowledge, than that you were deep.
Page 271 - The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 201 - John with some hesitation replied : " My lord, I hope you will not be offended, and I will tell you the truth. I went the other day to hear the Methodists ; and I understand their plain words so much Better, that I have attended them ever since.
Page 372 - York, who was then in a declining state of health, having been alluded to, the prince observed, ' I esteem Markham a much greater, wiser, and more learned man than Hurd, and a better teacher ; and you will allow me to be a judge, for they were both my preceptors.
Page 2 - I owe the highest duty, and have all possible obligation — 1 believe I never told you how happy I am in an excellent father and mother, very plain people you may be sure, for they are farmers, but of a turn of mind that might have honoured any rank and any education.
Page 43 - Hardwicke,) concerning the Right of Appeal, from the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge to the Senate, supported by a Short Historical Account of the Jurisdiction of the University, in Answer to a late Pamphlet, intituled ' An Inquiry into the Right of Appeal from the Fice-Chancellor, etc. by a Fellow of a College,
Page 255 - England, was so extraordinary a person, and made so great a figure in the world, that his name must go down to posterity with distinguished honour in the> public records of the nation ; for, his shining talents displayed themselves in every department of the state as well as in the supreme court of justice, his peculiar province, which he filled with a lustre of reputation, not equalled perhaps, certainly not exceeded, by any of his predecessors. " Of his conduct in the House of Lords I can speak...
Page 161 - Piety and goodness are so marked on his countenance, which is truly a fine one, that he has been named, and very justly, " The Beauty of Holiness." Indeed, in face, manner, demeanour, and conversation, he seems precisely what a bishop should be, and what would make a looker-on, were he not a bishop, and a see vacant, call out — Take Dr. Hurd ! — that is the man ! He had not long left me when another visitor came to take leave also, — Mr.