This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...ing his Senior Chaplain to call on me, and invite me to visit him either at his town or country residence. I chose the former on a reception day. I was received into an ante-room where there was wine, cake &c. and several clergy in waiting. Soon I was ushered into his reception chamber where he was surrounded by his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...ing his Senior Chaplain to call on me, and invite me to visit him either at his town or country residence. I chose the former on a reception day. I was received into an ante-room where there was wine, cake &c. and several clergy in waiting. Soon I was ushered into his reception chamber where he was surrounded by his six chaplains, among whom were the present Bishop Hinds of Hertford, Dr. Bernard, and others since advanced. He met me cordially and I felt able to talk freely and easily. He was dressed canonically, and wore the long grotesque apron. He is very tall, over six feet I should judge, and of a very nervous awkward manner. He stood, and indulged in the Coleridge style of colloquial discourse. He was quite interested in American affairs, and pleased with my declaration of very exalted estimation of his writings and my report of their high rank among numerous transatlantic admirers. I ventured to ask whether he was the author of an anonymous work on Church and State, which however he repudiated as not his. I told him there was another writer whose writing I, in common with many, much admired. Mr. Hinds, author of History of the Rise and Progress of Christianity, The Three Temples, &c. Turning round to one of the Chaplains (who had not been introduced, ) he remarked pleasantly, "So you see Mr. Hinds, you are also known in America." Mr. H. came forward and shook hands, and next day called and left several of his own and of the Archbishop's works, as well as letters of introduction to Dr. (since Bishop, ) Hampden of Oxford and Dr. Whewell of Cambridge. I visited both of these and was very cordially received, dining with them in their Colleges. The Autographic memorials of these are in the uniformly bound edition of Whateley's Works in the ...
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