| 1831 - 652 páginas
...priests of Egypt, we are told, abstained from drinking the water of the Nile, because they found it too fattening ; — the Pactolus of the Church also fattens,...portly sentinels slumber on their posts, while the lean theologues of Halle and Gottingen carry away all the glory of the field. Among the lower ranks, indeed,... | |
| Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1833 - 212 páginas
...without any repulse. We are assured by Shakspeare, that ' dainty bits make rich the ribs, but bankerout the wits ; ' nor could we ask a much more pregnant...portly sentinels slumber on their posts, while the leaiif theolo• Edinburgh Review, No. 167. " State of Protestantism in Germany," t The leanness of... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1878 - 516 páginas
...priests of Egypt, we are told, abstained from drinking the water of the Nile because they found it too fattening ; — the Pactolus of the Church also fattens,...portly sentinels slumber on their posts, while the lean theologues of Halle and Gottingen carry away all the glory of the field. Among the lower ranks, indeed,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1878 - 478 páginas
...are told, abstained from drinking the water of the Nile because they found it too fattening;—the Pactolus of the Church also fattens, but it is not...portly sentinels slumber on their posts, while the lean theologues of Halle and Gottingen carry away all the glory of the field. Among the lower ranks, indeed,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1878 - 504 páginas
...priests of Egypt, we are told, abstained from drinking the water of the Nile because they found it too fattening ; — the Pactolus of the Church also fattens,...not abstained from ; and the consequence is, that oar portly sentinels slumber on their posts, while the lean theologues of Halle and Gottingen carry... | |
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