 | English literature - 1807 - 522 pages
...I anfwered in the affirmative ; and the King agreed, and named the " Spectator " as one of the beft ftandards of the language. When I told him that the...prayed a quarter, or even half an hour, at a time, he afkcd, whether that did not lead them into repetitions ? I faid, it often did. " That, " faid he, "... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 752 pages
...anfwered in the affirmative; and the King agreed, and named the " Spectator" as one of the beft ftandarda of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy...prayed a quarter, or even half an hour, at a time, he alkcd, whether that did not lead them into repetitions ? I faid, it often did. " That," faid he, "... | |
 | 1807 - 552 pages
...Spectator" as one of the be»t standards of tlie laognage. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour, at a time, he asked wliether that did i.ot lead them into repetitions ? I said it often did. *' That," said he, "... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...Spectator as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scotch clergy sometimes prayed a quarter or even half an hour at a time, he asked, whether that did not lead often into repetitions. I said, it often did. ' That,' said be, '... | |
 | Thomas Green - Great Britain - 1818 - 654 pages
...Spectator as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him, that the Scotch clergy sometimes prayed a quarter or even half an hour at a time; he asked, whether that did not lead them into repetitions? I said it often did. ' That,' said he, ' I... | |
 | John Watkins - Queens - 1819 - 670 pages
...Spectator as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour at a time, he asked whether that did not lead them into repetitions. I said it often did. " That,' said he, ' I don't... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher.) - 1820 - 402 pages
...Spectator ' as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour, at a time, he asked whether that did not lead them into repetitions ? I said it often did. ' That, 'said the King,... | |
 | Asia - 1820 - 718 pages
...Spectator ' as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour at a time, he asked whether that did not lead them into repetitions ? I said it often did. ' That,' said he, ' I... | |
 | Robert Huish - Great Britain - 1821 - 746 pages
...Spectator as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour at a time, he asked whether that did not lead them into repetitions ? I said it often did. ' That,' said he, ' I... | |
 | History - 1822 - 762 pages
...Spectator' as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour, at a time, he asked whether that did not lead them into repetitions ? I said it often did. ' That,' said he, ' I... | |
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I don't like in prayers; and excellent as our liturgy is, I think it somewhat faulty in that respect.' 
