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The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages - Page 264
by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Duchess of Cleveland - 1889
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The National Review, Volume 17

Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1863 - 580 pages
...words, suiting, of course, the action to the word: " Get thee gone thence, thou cursed book, which haa seduced so many precious souls; get thee gone, thou...rotten book, earth to earth, and dust to dust; get thec gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayst rot with thy author and see corruption. Touching...
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The Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England During the Great ...

John Walker - 1863 - 422 pages
...to the company, as well concerning the author as his book, he threw it into the grave, and said, " Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which hast seduced...precious souls. Get thee gone, thou corrupt rotten book, WALTER RALEIGH, DD, DEAN OF WELLS. earth to earth, dust to dust. Get thee gone into the place of rottenness,...
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Petworth: a sketch of its history and antiquities

Frederick Henry Arnold - 1864 - 138 pages
...and threw it into the grave with the dead body, saying "Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which has seduced so many precious souls : get thee gone thou...: get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author and see corruption." Cheynell is said to have died at Preston, Sussex,...
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Petworth: A Sketch of Its History and Antiquities, with Notices of Objects ...

Frederick Henry Arnold - 1864 - 136 pages
...and threw it into the grave with the dead body, saying "Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which has seduced so many precious souls : get thee gone thou...: get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author and see corruption." Cheynell is said to have died at Preston, Sussex,...
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 3

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...the " Religion of Protestants " into his grave, crying, " Get thee gone, thou cursed book, which has seduced so many precious souls — get thee gone thou corrupt, rotten book, earth to earth, dust to dust, go and rot with thy author." The protestant church has fully acknowledged the signal...
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The History of the Township of Meltham, Near Huddersfield

Joseph Hughes - 1866 - 332 pages
...Get thee gone, then, Hum cursed book, which has seduced so many precious souls ; get thee gone, thon corrupt, rotten book, "earth to earth, and dust to..." get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author and seo corruption.' After the conclusion, Cheynell went to the Pulpit...
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The Churchman's shilling magazine and family treasury, conducted ..., Volume 24

Robert Hall Baynes - 1878 - 672 pages
...works do not follow him, if they do never rise with him, nor against him. " ' Get thee gone, then, thou cursed book, which hast seduced so many precious...! Get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayest rot with thy author and see corruption. So much for the burial of his errors. " ' Touching...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 96

1868 - 850 pages
...and happy would it he for the kingdom if this book and all its fellows could he so buried. " Get thec gone, thou cursed book, which hast seduced so many precious souls ; get thec gone, thou corrupt rotten book ! Earth to earth and dust to dust. Get thce gone into the place...
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Religious thought in England from the Reformation to the end of ..., Volume 1

John Hunt - 1870 - 512 pages
...and casting the book into tho grave, he said, ' Get thee gone, then, thou accursed book, which has seduced so many precious souls; get thee gone, thou...; get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayst rot with thy author, and see corruption. Touching the burial of his corpse, I need say no...
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Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of ..., Volume 1

John Hunt - 1870 - 516 pages
...agreed to the Confession of Faith and the said, ' Get thee gone, then, thou accursed book, which has seduced so many precious souls; get thee gone, thou corrupt, rotten book. Earth to earth and dustto dust ; get thee gone into the place of rottenness, that thou mayst rot with thy author, and...
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