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Bishop Joseph Hall : unknown
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Sunday 15 November 1801: 'We sate by the fire and read Chaucer (Thomson, Mary read) and Bishop Hall.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Wordsworth Family Print: Book
Bishop Joseph Hall : unknown
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Tuesday 23 February, 1802: 'Darkish when we reached home [from walk] ... William now reading in Bishop Hall ...'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Wordsworth Print: Book
Joseph Hall : The Art of Divine Meditation
'[I was] not constant in meditation, I was loath to begin, but if I once began I found it so sweet that I could scarce leave of[f]; I read Mr Baxter's Rest about meditation, and was much affected with his way; I perused Bishop Hall's book, and that pleased mee; but I found diversions, and I could not fixe my thoughts long upon one subject . . . '
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Isaac Archer Print: Book
Joseph Hall : Resolutions and Decisions of divers Practical Cases of Conscience, in continual Use amongst Men
Robert Southey to the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 28 June 1796: 'THE story of the Mysterious Mother is of an earlier date than the noble author imagined: it may be found in a work of bishop Hall entitled Resolutions and Decisions of divers Practical Cases of Conscience, in continual Use amongst Men; of which the second edition, dated 1650, is now lying before me. '
