 | Robert Lowth - 1777 - 444 pages
...•" recommended to him, by the teftimony of " many perfons worthy of credit, for his know-" ledge of Letters, his probity of life and " manners, and his prudence and circumfpec•" tion in affairs both fpiritual and temporal." Which teftimony of his Learning is the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 556 pages
...holiness, " by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit, for his knowledge ot letters, his prohity of life and manners, and his prudence and circumspection...circumstances belonging to the history of that age, connected witii the general state of ecclesiastical patronage. His advancement to the hishopr.c was followed... | |
 | 1817 - 552 pages
...recommended to his holiness, " by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit, for his knowledge ot letters, his probity of life and manners, and his...depended on circumstances belonging to the history ot that age, .connected with the general state of ecclesiastical patronage. His advancement to the... | |
 | Stephen Hyde Cassan - 1827 - 618 pages
...testimony of many persons worthy of credit, for his knowledge of letters, his probity of life '•IK! manners, and his prudence and circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal." Which testimony • of his learning is the more to be insisted upon, as it appears on examining all... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 438 pages
...the Spiritualities and Temporalities of the vacant see, speaks of Wykeham, as " recommended to him by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit...circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal." There is no reason, therefore, to suppose that Wykeham was personally disagreeable to the Pope ; but... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 254 pages
...for in this instrument his holiness speaks of Wykeham as having been specially recommended to him, " by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit,...circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal :" nor are we to regard these as mere words of course, for they are rather a departure from the official... | |
 | Joseph Berington - 1846 - 492 pages
...given on the occasion, the pope, Urban V., then at Avignon, speaks of Wykeham as "recommended to him by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit,...circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal." Winchester was the place which Wykeham loved; but the episcopal station, in the eye of the king, served... | |
 | 1847 - 508 pages
...learning ; for the pope speaks of him in his bull, dated December llth, 1366, as "recommended to him, by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit,...circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal." This testimony to his learning is the more to be insisted upon, as it is found, upon examining similar... | |
 | 1873 - 496 pages
...Urban V. for his consecration he is said to be recommended " for his knowledge of letters, his goodness of life and manners, and his prudence and circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal." A month previously he had been called to the highest office in the state, having been made Lord High... | |
 | Augusta Theodosia Drane - 1860 - 384 pages
...consecration, he is spoken of as recommended to this dignity " for his knowledge of letters, his goodness of lif-e and manners, and his prudence and circumspection in affairs both spiritual and temporal ;" phrases which do not appear to be part of the usual formula, and which assuredly would not have... | |
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... in which there was frequently no mention of learning, declares that Wykeham was recommended to his holiness, " by the testimony of many persons worthy of credit, for his knowledge of letters, his probity of life and manners, and his prudence and circumspection... 
