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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... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 292
by George Burnett - 1807
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The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker ..., Volume 1

Richard Hooker, Isaac Walton - 1874 - 624 pages
...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...did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quiet" ness. My Lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers " here have proved the more unpleasant...
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The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker ..., Volume 1

Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton - 1875 - 650 pages
...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...did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quiet" ness. My Lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers " here have proved the more unpleasant...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 86

1875 - 852 pages
...London no fit place for study in those days, he •wrote the following ^letter to the Archbishop : — " MY LORD, — When I lost the freedom of my cell, which...country parsonage. But I am weary of the noise and opposition of this place ; and, indeed, God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 86

1875 - 852 pages
...London no fit place for study in those days, he wrote the following Jetter to the Archbishop : — " MY LORD, — When I lost the freedom of my cell, which...quiet country parsonage. But I am weary of the noise aad opposition of this place ; and, indeed, God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for...
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Eminent English writers

William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 pages
...archbishop to allow him again to return to the country. In a letter addressed to the primate, he says : " My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college; yet, I found some degree of it iu my quiet country parsonage; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place; and, indeed,...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 2; Volume 77

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...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...place ; and indeed God and Nature did not intend me fpr contentions, but for study and quietness. My lord, my particular contests with Mr. Travers here...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...adhered to him through life, but likewise the object that his great work was intended to accomplish : ur p - - f - Bat I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place ; and, indeed, God and nature did not intend...
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Walks in London, Volume 1

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 pages
...than desired," and whence he wrote to Archbishop Whitgift, " I am weary of the noise and opposition of this place ; and, indeed, God and nature did not...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. ... I shall never be able to finish what I have begun unless I be removed into some quiet parsonage,...
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Walks in London, Volume 1

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 pages
...than desired," and whence he wrote to Archbishop Whitgift, " I am weary of the noise and opposition of this place ; and, indeed, God and nature did not...intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness. ... I shall never be able to finish what I have begun unless I be removed into some quiet parsonage,...
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A Manual of English Literature

Henry Morley - 1879 - 706 pages
...this he asked for removal to some office in which he might be at peace. He wrote 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 Hie more unpleasant to me, because...
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