Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page xvi
... church . And it is easy enough to see that any attempt on the part of the authorities to stop such week - day lectures , proved to be simply what our modern Philistinism calls a good advertisement . If John Cotton were turned out from ...
... church . And it is easy enough to see that any attempt on the part of the authorities to stop such week - day lectures , proved to be simply what our modern Philistinism calls a good advertisement . If John Cotton were turned out from ...
Page xvii
... church that the people might hear . Or , if the parson were not favorable , the lecturer had only to avail himself of the audience afforded by a coun- try fair or a market - day , and to advertise his lecture by announcing freely that ...
... church that the people might hear . Or , if the parson were not favorable , the lecturer had only to avail himself of the audience afforded by a coun- try fair or a market - day , and to advertise his lecture by announcing freely that ...
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... churches , but also to itin- erate in the neighborhood and preach the doctrines of the Reformation . John Bradford ... church , but previous to the Act of Uni- formity , he preached at the Market - Cross which stood at the junction of ...
... churches , but also to itin- erate in the neighborhood and preach the doctrines of the Reformation . John Bradford ... church , but previous to the Act of Uni- formity , he preached at the Market - Cross which stood at the junction of ...
Page xix
... churches of New England , and of many other parts of the nation , are survivals of regu- lar lectures established by way of defying the King as well as serving God . The Thursday Lecture still sur- vives in Boston , in the First Church ...
... churches of New England , and of many other parts of the nation , are survivals of regu- lar lectures established by way of defying the King as well as serving God . The Thursday Lecture still sur- vives in Boston , in the First Church ...
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... church in which the lecture was delivered , possibly the cost of the traveling expenses of the lecturer -these were the only expenses which the lyceum com- mittee was at first involved in . Gradually , however , and naturally , it ...
... church in which the lecture was delivered , possibly the cost of the traveling expenses of the lecturer -these were the only expenses which the lyceum com- mittee was at first involved in . Gradually , however , and naturally , it ...
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