| SEVERAL HANDS - 1777 - 590 sayfa
...for the opportunity of fpending more time in his devotion and ftudies, and that he was in the fame way of thinking with a general officer of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, who, when he defired a difmiflion from that Monarch's fervice, and the Emperor afking the reafon of it, anfwered,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 584 sayfa
...for the opportunity of fpending more time in his devotion and ftudies, and that he was in the fame way of thinking with a general officer of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, who, when hedefired a difmiflion from that Monarch's fervice, and the .Emperor afking the reafon of it, anfwered,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 560 sayfa
...retire for the opportunity of spending more time in his devotions and studies ; and that he was of the same way of thinking with a general officer of the emperor Charles V. who, when he desired a dismission from that monarch's service, told him, " Sir, every wise man would,... | |
| John Aikin - 1813 - 720 sayfa
...studies. He was of the same way of thinking, he said, with a general officer of the Emperor Charles V., who, when he desired a dismission from that monarch's service, and the Emperor asked the reason for his request, answered, " Sir, every wise man would, at the latter end of life,... | |
| Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 708 sayfa
...to retire for the opportunity of spending more time in his devotions and studies, and that he was of the same way of thinking with a General Officer of the Emperor Charles the fifth, who observed, that every wise man would, at the end of his life, wish to have some interval between the... | |
| Samuel Denne, William Shrubsole - 1817 - 464 sayfa
...to retire for the opportunity of spending more time in his devotions and studies, and that he was of the same way of thinking with a general officer of the Emperor Charles V. who observed that every wise man would, at the end of his life, wish to have some interval between... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 572 sayfa
...studies. He was of the same way of thinking, he 3 laid, with a general officer of the emperor Charles V., who, when he desired a dismission from that monarch's service, and the emperor asked the reason for his request, answered, " Sir, every wise man would, at the latter end of life,... | |
| Walter Farquhar Hook - 1852 - 892 sayfa
...much more so, as he advanced in years ; that he was desirous to retire for the opportunity of spending more time in his devotions and studies, and that he...life, wish to have an interval between the fatigues of business and eternity.' The bishop then shewed him, in a written paper, instances of its having been... | |
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