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W. Orme

 

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W. Orme : Life and Times of Richard Baxter

'Read a little of the life of Baxter; very interesting, and apparently deserving Coleridge's recommendation. Dreadful picture of the state of the church at that time - players, gamblers, drunkards with forged notes; men 80 or 90 years old, of course never preaching; Maypole dancing &c. on the Sunday.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: John Ruskin      Print: Book

  

W. Orme : Life and Times of Richard Baxter

'Note Baxter's opinion in describing George Lawson: "the ablest man of them all, or of almost any I know in England, especially by the advantage of his age and very hard studies and methodological head, but above all by his great skill in politicks, wherein he is most exact, and which contributeth not a little to the understanding of Divinity."'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: John Ruskin      Print: Book

 

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