 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1859 - 768 sidor
...objt xxv die Junij Anno Dmj 1684, ^Etatis suae 74. Two remarkable circumstances attended his death. He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn, it looking so like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn. It was his opinion also, that... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - 1860 - 478 sidor
...expressed in his lifetime this singular wish as to the place of his death : — " If I had the power to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn. Do any ask me why ? Because this looks like a pilgrim's going home, to whom the whole world is hut... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 302 sidor
...: He often used to say that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an Inn. It looked like a Pilgrim's going Home, to whom this world was...Inn, and who was weary of the noise' and confusion in it. He added that the officious tenderness and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying man... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 360 sidor
...in 1673, he retired into Sussex, and there devoted the residue of his life to charity and devotion. He used often to say " that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be in an inn ; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 sidor
...troublous times of the Commonwealth, Leighton won the affections of even the most rigid Presbyterians. • He used often to say, that, if he were to choose a...inn; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom t!i ii world was aH as an inn, and who was weary of the tii use and confusion in it. He added that... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - 1863 - 520 sidor
...expressed in his lifetime this singular wish as to the place of his death : — " If I had th ^ power to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn Do any ask me why ? Because 26 * 23 this looks like a pilgrim's going home, to whom tin whole world... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 sidor
...happiness is produced, ns by a good tavern or inn. — JOHKSON. Boswelts Life, (1766.) Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn. PHILIPS. — AKENSIDE. — GARRICK. 237 JOHN PHILIPS. 1676-1708. My galligaskins, that have long withstood... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 sidor
...Archbishop Leighton, the honest, steady advocate of peace and forbearance, died in 1684. " He often used to say that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an Inn ; it looks like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an Inn, and who was weary of the noise... | |
 | William Fergusson (minister of the Free church, Ellon.) - 1867 - 314 sidor
...temporary residence — a lodging-house. Hence, some have compared it to an inn. Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn, it looking so like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn. This wish was granted ; it was... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 896 sidor
...forbearance, died 1684; little of the old inn remains. "He often used to say, that if he were tochoosea place to die in, it should be an inn; it looking like...a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all an inn, and who waa weary of the nois«and ooofuaian in it And he obtained what he desired." — Burnct'fi... | |
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He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it. 
