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" Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over. "
The English Bible: An External and Critical History of the Various English ... - Page 82
by John Eadie - 1876
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the ..., Volume 10

John Aikin - Biography - 1815 - 506 pages
...brook. " Thus (snys Fuller, the church historian, in a strain of fancy not less sublime than ingenious,) this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wicklifte are the emblem pf his doctrine, which now is...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: In Two Parts, Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...them to ashes, and cast them into Swift, a neighbouring brook, running hard by. Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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The Book of the Church, Volume 1

Robert Southey - Church of England - 1824 - 458 pages
...ashes, and the ashes thrown into a neighbouring brook, called the Swift. " This brook," says Fuller, " conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean : and thus the ashes of Wicliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...amongst so many hands, take what was left out of the grave, and burnt them to ashes, and cast them into Swift, a neighbouring brook running hard by. Thus...Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is...
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Pamphlets. American History, Volume 3

United States - 1825 - 398 pages
...take what was left out of the grave, and burnt them to ashes, and cast them into Swift, a neighboring brook running hard by. Thus this brook ^hath conveyed...Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean ; and thus the- ashes of Wycliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is...
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The Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle, Volume 1, Issues 63-92

1829 - 460 pages
...comment which it has received from the pen of the amiable Fuller : ' This brook, (the Swift,)' says he, ' conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas; they into the] main ocean ; and thus the ashes of W icliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which is now...
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The History of the Church and Court of Rome: From the ..., Volume 1

Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 428 pages
...ashes, and the ashes thrown into a neighbouring brook, called the Swift. " This brook," says Fuller, " conveyed his ashes into Avon ; Avon into Severn ; Severn into the narrow seas ; they into the main ocean ; and thus the ashes of Wickliff are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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A History of the Church, from the Earliest Ages to the Reformation

George Waddington - Church history - 1831 - 794 pages
...adjoining brook. 'The brook (says Fuller, in words which should be engraven on every heart) did convey his ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn into the narrow seas; they into the main ocean. And (hus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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The Life of Wiclif

Charles Webb Le Bas - 1832 - 408 pages
...170. this day, for the most part of his articles, dp remain."* " The brook," says Fuller, " did convey his ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn into the narrow seas; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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A History of the Church, from the Earliest Ages to the Reformation, Volume 1

George Waddington - Church history - 1833 - 802 pages
...brook. ' The brook (says Fuller, in words which should be engraven on every heart) did convey liis ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn into the narrow seas; they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wiclif are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed...
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