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an account of tfle author He was frequently suspicious of his friends where no good grounds for suspicion appear. Again and again was he profoundly disturbed by dreams, particularly when he saw himself separated from his friends by water, although measurably consoled by the absence of the added sensation of having thereby wet his feet. Lay-reading was an abomination in his eyes. He looked with little favour upon what he styled "New England men," among the clergy, who had not, like himself and Mr. Honyman, had the good fortune to be born in Great Britain or Ireland; bequeathing his farm for the use and support of bishops whose jurisdiction should include the Narragansett Country, provided that at least the first three should have been born or educated abroad,—a provision which would have excluded all the bishops of Rhode Island to the present moment. At one time he records, with evident deprecation, as if derogatory to his dignity, that "necessity compelled him to pitch hay." His low estimation of all religious teachers outside his own church sometimes led him into unseasonable remarks and occasionally into ill- timed jocularity, rebounding upon himself. There dwelt, not far from the Glebe House, a humble Quaker, of poor natural abilities and little or no education, but withal esteemed a wonderful preacher. Of so small capacity that he got his living by the most menial labour [ xxxviii ]
Title | A letter book and abstract of out services written during the years 1743-1751 |
Creator | MacSparran, James |
Publisher | D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press |
Place of Publication | Boston |
Date | 1899 |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000049 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | an account of tfle author He was frequently suspicious of his friends where no good grounds for suspicion appear. Again and again was he profoundly disturbed by dreams, particularly when he saw himself separated from his friends by water, although measurably consoled by the absence of the added sensation of having thereby wet his feet. Lay-reading was an abomination in his eyes. He looked with little favour upon what he styled "New England men," among the clergy, who had not, like himself and Mr. Honyman, had the good fortune to be born in Great Britain or Ireland; bequeathing his farm for the use and support of bishops whose jurisdiction should include the Narragansett Country, provided that at least the first three should have been born or educated abroad,—a provision which would have excluded all the bishops of Rhode Island to the present moment. At one time he records, with evident deprecation, as if derogatory to his dignity, that "necessity compelled him to pitch hay." His low estimation of all religious teachers outside his own church sometimes led him into unseasonable remarks and occasionally into ill- timed jocularity, rebounding upon himself. There dwelt, not far from the Glebe House, a humble Quaker, of poor natural abilities and little or no education, but withal esteemed a wonderful preacher. Of so small capacity that he got his living by the most menial labour [ xxxviii ] |
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