 I thank God he did not so much as, offer at any proposal by way of accommodation, which was the thing I most dreaded ; only once, upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may...  Publications - Pagina 105door Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1886 - 292 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1812 - 708 pagina’s
...ofter any proposal by way of accommodation, which was the tiling I most dreaded; ouly once upon tbe mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling : ' If the Bishop of Oxford die,' Dr. Hough may be made bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ? " Mr. Cradock answered, they... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1849 - 444 pagina’s
...that, after many professions of friendship, Penn 'began to hint at a compromise;' Dr. Hough 'thanks God he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way...accommodation, which was the thing I most dreaded/ " Mr. Macaulay makes his readers believe that the topics urged by Penn. were urged to persuade them... | |
 | William Edward Forster - 1850 - 48 pagina’s
...as ground a conjecture, nor did he so much as hint at the letter which was sent to him. "I thank God he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way...the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition^ Jie said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that,... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pagina’s
...after many professions of friendship, Penn ' began to hint at a compromise :' Dr. Hough ' thanks God he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way...accommodation, which was the thing I most dreaded.'" This quotation from Dr. Hough forms but a portion of a sentence, the remainder of which exactly bears... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 520 pagina’s
...make it look like a serious proposal is perfectly absurd in the face of Hough's emphatic declaration, that " he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way of accommodation." And yet this innocent mirth, accepted and understood as such by all the parties concerned, after a... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pagina’s
...than a gentle tone. Ho ' began to hint at a compromise :' the words of Hough are — ' I thank (iod he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way of accommodation.' How reconcile such statements ! Now let us hear what Hough says of the simony and perjury. Penn, who,... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 424 pagina’s
...than a gentle tone. He " began to hint at a compromise :" the words of Hough are — " I thank God he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way of accommodation."3 How reconcile such statements ! Now let us hear what Hough says of the simony and... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1852 - 580 pagina’s
...after many professions of friendship, Penn ' began to hint at a compromise ;' Dr. Hough ' thanks God he did not so much as offer at any proposal by way...accommodation, which was the thing I most dreaded.' " Mr. Macaulay makes his readers believe that the topies urged by Penn were urged to persuade them... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pagina’s
...said : " But I told him seriously I had no ambition." Elsewhere in his letter Hough states that Penn " did not so much as offer at any proposal by way of accommodation ;" there was in his mind no notion of ''simony, discreditable" or otherwise. And this, we seriously... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 450 pagina’s
...The whole sentence runs thus: "I thank God, he did not offer any proposal by way of accommodation ; only once, upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's...indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die. Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ? ' " Can anything be clearer... | |
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