The Life of Thomas Burgess, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of Salisbury (Classic Reprint) - John S Esq

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If the charm of a biographical work consists in the novelty of its incidents, or in the striking vicissitudes which it records, the life of a learned and pious Bishop, whose time was chiefly spent in labouring for the good of mankind, and in promoting the great objects of the Christian Ministry, would necessarily fail in general interest. But expectations of this description arise, as Dr. Johnson observes, from false measures of excellence and dignity, and "must be eradicated by considering that, in the esteem of uncorrupted reason, what is of most use is of most value." In this point of view, those who teach us by their bright example how to live and how to die; how to pluck the fruits of imperishable truth and unfading happiness, may well claim our sympathy and fix our attention. Of this number was the excellent Prelate whose life and character it is the object of the following pages to depicture.
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