| 单词 | conventicle |
| 例句 | In the heated conventicle of my front room, the longed-for hope of being able to "save" took on a meaning not normally advanced by the banking community. The church must be an activist: fight for the poor and expose the corrupt 2013-07-27T19:00:01Z "Who is responsible for this conventicle?" he continued, urging his horse towards the ducking stool. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z We may safely set down the accounts of the sexual abominations which succeeded religious services in the conventicles, when the lights were extinguished, as worthy of equal credence. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Under the Roman law, buildings in which heretics held their conventicles with the owner’s consent were not torn down, but were forfeited to the Church. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The infamous Mark was holding his conventicles in Alexandria about the very time that Pantaenus and Clement were teaching. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In his epilogue to this same comedy, Cutter is supposed to address the audience as a “congregation of the elect,” the playhouse is a conventicle, and he is a “pious cushion-thumper.” Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Her apprentices were not permitted to attend meeting or conventicle; and she steadfastly repelled and discouraged all attempts, on the part of her visiters, to introduce religious novelties in their daily gossip. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z In 1371 he was obliged to petition Gregory XI., reciting the existence of heretics called Beghards and Beguines, and the imperial edict confiscating their conventicles, the confirmation of which he desired. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Early in the fifth century we find Chrysostom teaching that heresy must be suppressed, heretics silenced and prevented from ensnaring others, and their conventicles broken up, but that the death-penalty is unlawful. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z But when we turn to Ben Jonson's Alchemist and come across Tribulation Wholesome, from Amsterdam, we know that the battle between the stage and the conventicle has begun. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Also, though there is no church, there are two chapels; one of retiring position, the other conventicle of aggressive and red, red brick. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Another remarkable example of the constancy of Penn is recorded, in the history of his trial, before the Lord Mayor, for a breach of the conventicle act, in 1670. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z They held their conventicles undisturbed, they dared openly to preach their abhorred faith, and their missionary zeal was rewarded with abundant conversions. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z She was at home in the courts of emperors and kings, in the salons of the learned, in the backwoods of California, in the mining camps of Australia, in the conventicles of New York. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z It is evident that the wits were not all banished from the conventicles. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z All who hurry to conventicles on Sunday with gilt-edged prayer-books, and begin on Monday morning to slander, ill-treat, or cheat their neighbours. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z It sounded like the cant of the conventicle to ears unaccustomed to the language of piety from the lips of politicians. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z He was accused of professing the Lutheran heresy; of having dogmatized in the Lutheran conventicle of Valladolid, and corresponded with the heretics of Seville. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z For this has been well proved, that whenever any one for just grievance assembles men to avenge his injury, he has not incurred the crime and penalty of conventicle. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Customers will be drawn in each conventicle by new industry and address, in practising on the passions and credulity of the populace. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Several congregations find themselves already very much straitened; and if the mode increases, I wish it may not drive many ordinary women into meetings and conventicles. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z A conventicle set up here since this unhappy Liberty of Conscience has bin the cause of all this. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z In the height of his resentment he addressed first one, and then another, "What, have you been to the conventicle?" Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Or these claims would hold good if he had assembled a smaller 69 number of men, whereby the crime of conventicle would not have been established. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z He would have no conventicle, but one organized community; no ideal invisible, but a real visible church; no narrow methodism, but a rich, free administration of the Christian spirit. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Coligny was right; my executioners are in the conventicles, they are at the Louvre. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z I have my eyes upon you; and the first conventicle which you hold at the old town of Douglas shall seal your fate. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z And, in that case private conventicles, set up in a schismatical competition with public churches, are not to be allowed. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z If therefore, in our case, the husband committed a crime punishable in itself, how could he assemble a number of men forming a conventicle prohibited by the Banns, without incurring the penalty threatened by them? The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Pietism, chiliasm, separatism, the holding of conventicles, etc., assumed formidable dimensions; solid science, philosophical culture, and then also philosophical and destructive critical tendencies issuing from Tübingen affected the clergy of this state. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Either not a single stole, or not a single conventicle! The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z If the Church of England apes the Church of Rome, what are we to say of the conventicle, with its antiquated creed and its obsolete theology? Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z Tennyson, with all his genius, never quite emerged from the theologic caves of the conventicle. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z To this end we should first consider the assembling of armed men, which is so very injurious to the public peace, and constitutes the crime of "conventicle." The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The adherents of Grundtvig met for mutual edification in conventicles, until at last in 1832 he obtained permission again to hold public services. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The house, Helen says, is a perfect conventicle. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z They met in small groups which were called conventicles. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z In 1400, an Act was passed which provided that:— “None of such sect and wicked doctrines and opinions shall make any conventicles, or in any wise hold or exercise schools.” Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z P.S.—I hear that W. Wright has subsided into an Irish conventicle, and that Green doesn't like prospect of returning to Dan! The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z The state proceeded against its members with fines and imprisonment, according to the old conventicle law of 1726, and the mob treated them with insults and violence. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z "You were somewhat disappointed, I fancy, Miss Torrington," said she, "to discover that though you had contrived to banish the conventicle from the house, it had raised its voice in the grounds." The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z But the entire conventicle knew as well as possible what all this meant. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Then there are Mr. Chesterton and Mr. Belloc and quite a conventicle of smaller fry who have been vainly preaching the same apocalypse for years. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z In the sixth year of his marriage Baxter was brought before the magistrates for holding a conventicle, and was sentenced to be confined in Clerkenwell Gaol. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z But in the very next year, the holding of conventicles under clerical supervision, and in 1860, the secession to other ecclesiastical denominations, were allowed by law. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z He sneered at most things, but not at his own order, and he came to defend the church and the country Swift. squirearchy against the conventicle and Capel court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Factionism is the tendency to separate into innumerable small parties; clubbism is the desire of conspiracy in secret companies and conventicles; Putschism, finally, is the fanatical tendency towards street struggle, faith in the barricade. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z Accordingly a third "Act to prevent and suppress seditious conventicles" was passed by Parliament, and received the royal assent in the Fourth month, 1670. A Concise Biographical Sketch of William Penn Gentlemen," cried he, "no body of men is more savagely opposed to science and culture than a conventicle of so-called servants of God. The Progressionists, and Angela. They dispensed the sacrament according to the Reformed rite, and preached the gospel in conventicles. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z He was a High Churchman; he had a grand scorn of the conventicle. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself They have but one set conventicle amongst them, viz: a meeting of Quakers in Nansemond county, others that have lately, been being now extinct; and 'tis observed by letting them alone they decrease daily. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts History of Virginia," published in 1705, says: "They have no more than five conventicles among them, namely, three small meetings of Quakers, and two of Presbyterians. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The lower room of the ground floor, a hall with a large fireplace and surrounded with benches and tables, had served in the last century as a meeting-place for a conventicle of French Protestant refugees. Toilers of the Sea In several states conventicles were forbidden; in others, e.g. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z She had occasionally had the privilege of hearing field preaching, although field conventicles were not common in the country. Women of England O but he was faithful with us that day, and there were many who felt that the gate of heaven was very near to them at the great conventicle by the Water of Dee. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The puir wanderers will get hungry and weary in their Free Kirk conventicles, and as the night comes on, they’ll come hame. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Under its dominion the lower orders were deprived of their innocent and invigorating sports, and forced to supply their place by noxious stimulants, drawn first from the conventicle and afterwards from the alehouse. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The earnest and devout sought spiritual nourishment at conventicles and so-called Stunden addressed by laymen, mostly of the working class, well acquainted with Scripture and works in practical divinity. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Break up conventicles, I do insist, Sing the doxology and be dismissed.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Now there was one man, who sat near us at the conventicle, whose actions that day it was impossible to mistake. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway No church there has yet raised its spire; and, as if the jealous spirit of Woden still haunted his ancient temple, even the conventicle scarcely dare show his humble front in some obscure corner. The Annals of Willenhall Her testimony dealt with witch gatherings or conventicles held at various times and places. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Notwithstanding, or just because of this, Madame Krüdener, in 1814, with her conventicle pietism, found an entrance there, and won in the young theologian Empaytaz a zealous supporter and an apostle of conversion preaching. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In that cursed conventicle, as chill as an icicle, I caught a bad cold in my head, And some impudent vassal stole all of my wassail, And left me small beer in its stead. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Many a conventicle has been wared on thee, my Scotland. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Protestantism has, indeed, produced a distinctive church architecture, i.e. the conventicle type, favoured more especially by the so-called “Free Churches.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" A witch meeting or conventicle was confessed to. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Those shares were never, as in the old conventicle, to condense into a few hands, for fear of a dread aristocracy returning. Old and New London Volume I I confess that," said Esau; "but think, that the conventicles and desertions, whereof ye speak, sprang out of an arbitrary and uncalled-for disturbance of the peaceful worship of God. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters W. G. On our way to the conventicle we came to the place that is called the Moat of the Duchrae Bank, and found much people already gathered there. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway In 1695 we hear of a conventicle in Bungay, with a preacher with a regularly paid stipend of £40 a year. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations “Well, knaves!” began Claverhouse, “ye have been singing, praying, preaching, and holding conventicles.—Do ye know how Grahame of Claverhouse rewards such rebels?” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative This Moravian chapel was one of the original eight conventicles where Divine worship was permitted. Old and New London Volume I Edict and proclamation against field-preachings and conventicles came following each other, and the latest was the fiercest and fellest of all which had preceded. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters We heard that there was to be a field conventicle near by, at which Mr. Cameron was to preach. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I remember being shown a bush in which the conventicle preacher used to hide himself when the enemy, in the shape of the myrmidons of Bishop Wren, of Norwich, were at his heels. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations They knew Mowbray, and they muttered, “You are no officer of ours now; he is our prisoner, and our orders ere to shoot every conventicle knave who falls into our hands.” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Barebone is first heard of in local history as preaching in 1641, together with Mr. Greene, a felt-maker, at a conventicle in Fetter Lane, a place always renowned for its heterodoxy. Old and New London Volume I Instead of the forbidden secrecy of the cloister, it organized a separate company, which we, in its regularly constituted assembly, call a conventicle. Pedagogics as a System "What sent you to the conventicle, then, when you fear the red-coats so greatly?" asked my cousin. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway She was a great keeper of conventicles; would ride ten miles to one, and when she was fined, rejoiced greatly to suffer for the Kirk; but it was rather her husband that suffered. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Neither of them were ever known, however, to set foot in a conventicle. Shirley Sir G. G. Stokes, however, is as orthodox as any conventicle could desire. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) There seems to be something measured and profound in the way the Canadian goes to these conventicles, in the frequency of his going, and in the solemnity of the act that he undergoes when there. Westward with the Prince of Wales I am warned that there are many folk who care not to hear what things were truly said and done at a conventicle of the hill-folk. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I have no patience with half-hearted carlines, that complies on the Lord’s day morning with the kirk, and comes taigling the same night to the conventicle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI To have allowed them to meet openly in their conventicles would have been to make over the whole of England to them as a seed-bed in which to plant sedition. Bunyan Various places were designated where their religion should be freely tolerated, and in which they were to be allowed to build conventicles. Henry IV, Makers of History Accordingly, a party came, and finding no conventicle, were just going to retire. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies There were nine of the prisoners altogether, including the minister of a Nithside conventicle that had been scattered that day. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway It was a beautiful May morning when Major Windram rode into Wigton and demanded the surrender, to him and his soldiers, of two women who had been convicted of attending a conventicle. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Patriotic conventicles and every other form of secret meeting were held. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) The great terrible Aphrodite—ruler of gods and men—is not to be banished by conventicle or council. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations And 5thly, Many a conventicle has God had in thee, O Scotland, but ere long God will make a conventicle that will make Scotland tremble. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies Westerha' enclosed the whole with a ring of his men, and came upon them as he thought unawares, for he said the place was like a conventicle, and rife with psalm-singers. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Having removed to Strassburg he was zealous in propagating his enthusiasm in Southern Germany by establishing conventicles of "Lovers of the Glory of Christ," as the adherents of Schwenckfeldt called themselves. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church There is no pretension about the place, though it can boast one hotel, a modern chapel-of-ease, and the usual small conventicles. The Cornwall Coast You shall do what you will, my darling, except go to whispering conventicles. The Old Helmet, Volume I He asked me, 1st, If I was at that conventicle? Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies It was nobody at Oxford or in London, neither conventicle nor discourse; but a girl's letter. A Red Wallflower He endeavored to interest Luther in the formation of conventicles, and particularly in his mystical theory concerning the Lord's Supper, which he considered the correct middle ground on which Lutherans and Zwinglians might compromise. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Wait ye till I send them to your conventicles! Privy Seal His Last Venture The command had been given to "draw blood from the conventicles." The Huguenots in France Not against the gospel, but against preaching rebellion—The chancellor asked, if he kept conventicles in Fife? which he did not deny.—He was carried to the guard. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies Josiah, too, had his stories of Old England and the conventicles, heroic tales of the beginning of the long struggle for freedom of opinion. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Any adult attending a conventicle—that is to say, any religious meeting not held in accordance with the practice of the English Church—was liable to penalties which culminated in transportation to some distant colony. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe To a High Churchman he smacks a little of the conventicle, and is given to "exercises" at unauthorized times and places. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Another bay was added to the Burgess conventicle, and the cathedral services were resumed. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch The youth went home, and at supper the bishop asked him, If he had been at a conventicle? Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies There is the usual twaddle about "moral force," forsooth, under which saving periphrasis, now-a-days, every rebel ranter in field, or tub, or conventicle, insinuates lawless violence without naming it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 It would be strange, indeed, if conventicles of traitors in revolted States, could legally or rightfully impose taxes on the people of such States, loyal or disloyal, to overthrow the Government. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Married women taken at "conventicles," were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The sudden outbreak and violence of the persecution, the breaking up of conventicles, the imprisonment of those who were found worshipping in them, turned the disappointment of the Presbyterians into despair. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 But we hear you keep conventicles since the indemnity. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies They were to seek out heretics, holders of secret conventicles, or any who "in any way differed, in mode of life, from the faithful in general." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Don’t you know this is no common conventicle? Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet The sermons preached at conventicles, which are ordinarily circulated, are a very unsafe rule by which to judge of the talents of the preachers, and the quality of the discourses which they actually delivered. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He persisted, however, with little real molestation until the Restoration, but only six months had passed after the king's return when he was committed to Bedford Gaol on a charge of preaching in unlicensed conventicles. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Anno 1668. he was imprisoned for the truth at Forres, upon a complaint for keeping conventicles, &c. and there he was wonderfully strengthened and comforted, having great joy in his sufferings. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies The English ambassador in Paris was forbidden to visit the Huguenot conventicle at Charenton. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 The moral starch of the conventicle stiffened up instantly. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses There he for many years, without pretending to be a minister, held a conventicle of separatists in his own house. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 He looks as if he had been just presiding at three conventicles and a meeting at Philadelphus Hall. Julian Home Once more, and for the last time, the king’s officer asked her to make the promise never to attend a conventicle again. The Island Home He has for several Sundays attended a dissenting conventicle, and actually takes upon himself to preach and to attempt to teach his ignorant fellow-creatures; for ignorant and benighted those must be who listen to him. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times New and more stringent edicts were published, consigning to the flames, without form of process, all that made or attended conventicles. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Nay, I am told that in their conventicles the schismatics pray for him, that he may be brought back into the fold, and may become a second Moses, and lead them out of Egypt! Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia A merchant named William Carmichael, formerly a bailie of Edinburgh, was one of Sharp’s favourites, and one of his numerous commissioners for suppressing conventicles in Fife. Hunted and Harried Milton, we know, did not habitually attend public worship at any of the conventicles of the sectaries, or perhaps he might have found reason to modify this censure. Milton Whether this is the conventicle of a sect of believers in the revolutionary Barbès I could not learn. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Better to renew the prohibition of heretical conventicles, and to reiterate the ancient penalties. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 With Lola Montez, however, it was a case of from Bunkum to Boanerges, from the circle to the conventicle. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert I have seen a woman tortured by having lighted matches put between her fingers because she would not, or could not, tell where a conventicle was being held. Hunted and Harried I have, however, quoted enough to show that it was not merely a sectarian conventicle, but a forum for intellectual debate in its fullest sense. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King By the end of Charles the Second's time they were non-conformists and attendants on conventicles; and about 1682 Josiah Franklin, seeking the peaceful exercise of his creed, migrated to Boston, Massachusetts. Benjamin Franklin Betrayed by their size, the conventicles came to the knowledge of the magistrates, and on the eighth of September, 1546, a descent was made upon the worshipping Christians. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 She will be an old maid now, sure as eggs are eggs, unless she marries some conventicle preacher. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) We must try to get her a horse, and let her journey along with some o’ the armed bands that attended the conventicle at Skeoch Hill. Hunted and Harried At a period intermediate between these and the present times, they were the haunt of the persecuted Covenanters, and often resounded with the voice of psalms raised at conventicles. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 Because of this Plato would banish poets from his Republic and the Puritans would exclude novelists and play-actors from their conventicles. By the Christmas Fire And yet the new religious body had its ministers and its secret conventicles, with an ever increasing number of adherents. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Internally the synod or conventicle tended to be a small republic, but unfortunately to be a very small republic. A Short History of England I couldna tell him a lee, ye ken, an’ say ye hadna been to conventicles or sheltered the rebels, as they ca’ us. Hunted and Harried Of the sermon I cannot speak so favourably, for in truth it savoured somewhat of the conventicle style. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 She would have deemed it an unpardonable crime, had the young man deserted the Church of his fathers in order to join the Congregation, some ranting conventicle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Besides, we see from Tertullian's writings that the secession of the Montanist conventicles from the Church was forced upon them. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) In relation to the street outside the conventicle was not a republic but an aristocracy. A Short History of England The bands of armed men who assembled at conventicles became so numerous as to have the appearance of an army. Hunted and Harried The beginning, as a rule, was necessarily the formation of conventicles. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) His accusers must needs affirm this to be "preaching at a conventicle." A Book of Quaker Saints Even conventicles spread throughout the country, and ignorant men who knew how "to speak to the hearts of the people" were infinitely preferred to any educated minister. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology The act against conventicles passed, and received the royal assent. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. The present work is not only historic but it is also polemic; polemic, however, not in the spirit or interest of any party or conventicle, but in the spirit and interest of science and humanity. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The people of the city assembled together in several conventicles in private houses. The Age of the Reformation The officers of the law were upon them: 'What, yet another conventicle of these pestilential heretics to be broken up?' shouted a wrathful voice. A Book of Quaker Saints It would be strange, indeed, if conventicles of traitors in revolted States could legally or rightfully impose taxes on the people of such States, loyal or disloyal, to overthrow the Government. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The person in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum with the preacher. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Every ear was listening for the footsteps of the returning weaver, bringing the Bible of the parish-clergyman into the half-unhallowed precincts of a conventicle. Alec Forbes of Howglen The Calvinists no longer disguised, but armed—a new and significant fact—thronged to their conventicles. The Age of the Reformation But these words, empty of meaning for devout conventicles, have had a tragic sense for men of religious genius. Life of St. Francis of Assisi The sectaries cherished no purpose or prospect of prevailing over the nations; and they were concerned with the individual more than with the congregation, with conventicles, not with State churches. Lectures on Modern history One clause is remarkable; that if any dispute should arise the judges should always explain the doubt in the sense least favorable to conventicles, it being the intention of parliament entirely to suppress them. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. When she made arrangements to come to see me at the House of Lords, which she frequently did, she always wrote it "the Lord's House," as though it were a conventicle. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters As the poor found their spiritual needs best supplied in the conventicle of dissent, official Lutheranism became an established church, predominantly an aristocratic and middle-class party of vested interest and privilege. The Age of the Reformation To see the number of churches and conventicles open every Sunday, a stranger would fancy London all religion. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour On the way Claverhouse determined on "a little tour, to see if we could fall upon a conventicle," which, he ingenuously adds, "we did, little to our advantage." Claverhouse The price, however, which he must pay for this indulgence, was his yielding to new laws against conventicles. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. In the course of the same night, a conventicle, consisting of ten deputies of the Council of Five Hundred, met at the house of S——; thither Bernadotte repaired. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 It may possibly come from "le roi Huguet" or "Hugon," a night spectre; the allusion then would be to the ghostly manner in which the heretics crept by night to their conventicles. The Age of the Reformation Informal conventicles of Staff officers, with whom we exchanged greetings, stood about the square in front of the exquisite Hôtel de Ville, with its high-pitched roof pierced with dormer-windows and crowned with many pinnacles. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Did you mistake this for a conventicle, Master Cairnes," I asked grimly, "an assembly of crop-eared worshippers, that you venture to lift your voice in such a howl when you wake? Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France Several writs of intercommuning were now issued against the hearers and preachers in conventicles; and by this severe and even absurd law, crimes and guilt went on multiplying in a geometrical proportion. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. When he came out of the conventicle or the reform meeting, or out of the rapturous close atmosphere of the lecture-room, he heard Nature whispering to him: "Why so hot, little sir?" Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion In his Preface the author bewails “the daily increase of this error,” declaring that “in many shires of this our country there are meetings and conventicles of this Family of Love.” The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer He is a saddler of Derby--a fierce nonconformist and whig, and a preacher at conventicles. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars Keep the rest of your Puritanical sermonizing for a conventicle. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France The law enacted against conventicles had called them seminaries of rebellion. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. They still continue their extraordinary and numerous, but peaceable, field conventicles. Andrew Marvell We give information connected with monasteries, churches, and conventicles, with equal impartiality; and if this is found otherwise than useful or amusing, it is the fault of those who convert facts into sentiments. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 Meanwhile Mrs. Malory, so unusually genial in public, held frequent conventicles with Matilda in private. The Disentanglers Traditional reverence is what lies heaviest on spectators and creators, and museums are too apt to become conventicles of tradition. Art Those who had been engaged to subscribe the bonds, could find no security but by turning out such tenants as they suspected of an inclination to conventicles, and thereby depopulating their estates. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. But, in the middle of the century, High Churchmen of this type would scarcely be found, except in Nonjuror 'conventicles,' and among the oppressed Episcopalians of Scotland. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century It was in D'Holbach's conventicles that Rousseau imagined all the machinations against him were contrived and he left, in his Confessions, the most biting anecdotes of Grimm. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Italy had never acquiesced in her degradation, though for a century and a half to come she could only protest in such conventicles as those frequented by Milton. Life of John Milton I am sure that in his modest conventicle I can think of a thousand eloquent things. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 They immediately voted an address for a proclamation against conventicles. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Her lust for religion, however, was taking a new direction—it was towards the Parson and his church instead of the conventicle of Mr. Tonkin. Secret Bread The Parliament again enforced the Test Act, and renewed the Conventicle Act, making it a capital offence even to be present at a conventicle. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) He is a Greek Temple, with a Gothic Cathedral on one hand, and a Turkish Mosque and all sorts of fantastic pagodas and conventicles about him. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Neither Jews nor Heathens, Turk nor Christians, Rome nor Geneva, church nor conventicle, can escape them. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 He went about, and received from the clergy lists of those who absented themselves from church, or were supposed to frequent conventicles. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. He was described as a greasy bilious man, with a peculiarly conventicle aspect—that is, one that affects a union of gravity and love. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Whatever the verses are, buy them up, I beseech you, out of pity; for I hear the conventicle is shut up, and the brother of Achitophel out of service. English Satires Quite ridiculous, O'Drive, where did you pick up this jargon of the conventicle—but that reminds me, by the by—you are not a convert to the Established Church. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two There are pious bawdy-houses in the world, or conventicles would not be so much frequented. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 He had an officer under him, one Carmichael, no less zealous than himself against conventicles, and who, by his violent prosecutions, had rendered himself extremely obnoxious to the fanatics. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Sir James Turner was intrusted with the task of dragooning them, by fining and the quartering of soldiers on those who would not attend the curates and would keep conventicles. A Short History of Scotland He points out the want of sympathy between "these vast edifices" and the Protestant worship, which might as well be carried on in a barn or conventicle or square meeting-house. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century There are also Dutch and divers conventicles, as they call them, viz., Woman's Life in Colonial Days They never assembled in private rooms, or held private conventicles, employing persons to watch at the doors, to keep out spies and informers, or to prevent surprise from the magistrates. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 And though orders were given to connive thenceforwards at all conventicles, he found means, under a variety of pretences, to elude the execution of them. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Huge armed conventicles, and others led by Welsh, a preacher, marched about through the country in December 1678 to May 1679. A Short History of Scotland He felt assured that the infamous conventicle at Worms must have been already met by the Pope, and he thirsted for news from Rome. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century Such was the boldness of these preachers that, instead of being contented with secret meetings, they began to hold their conventicles in the fields or in the outskirts of the towns. History of Holland Yet, somehow or other, they felt to-day that moor and meadow were sacred—that their feet trod paths as holy as the worn stone aisle of the conventicle below. Lancashire Idylls (1898) Captain Graham, afterwards Viscount Dundee, an active and enterprising officer, attacked a great conventicle upon Loudon Hill, and was repulsed with the loss of thirty men. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. The main body were penned up in Greyfriars Churchyard; many escaped; more signed a promise to remain peaceful, and shun conventicles. A Short History of Scotland Here again was acted the solemn farce of the conventicle of Brixen. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century In the south at the same time the conventicles were mercilessly suppressed and the preachers driven into exile. History of Holland Sleep in the morning, wine at mid-day, the idle talk of inexperienced youth, and attending the conventicles of the ignorant drive a man out of the world. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala To be present at any conventicle, was made punishable with death and confiscation of movables. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Or may not this be yet another instance of the Jew-Puritan abhorrence of the word God as an obscene or blasphemous term when uttered outside the synagogue or the conventicle? The Age of Shakespeare In this letter, the decree of the conventicle is lost in the insolence of the king. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century If the gallows instead of the Counter, and the galleys instead of the fines, were the reward of going to a conventicle, to preach or hear, there would not be so many sufferers. Political Pamphlets The governor, adhering to his policy of bigotry, forbade him to hold any meeting, or to do any clerical service, but to regulate his conduct according to the placards of the province against private conventicles. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam They were not to dispense ordinances to persons from other parishes, nor, on any account, to hold conventicles. The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony Walton then describes the conversion of the church into a Genevan conventicle. The Parish Clerk Before long, I hope," replied the missionary; "the conventicle at Worms will decide at once which of his barons are for and which against him. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century If one severe law were made and punctually executed, that whoever was found at a conventicle should be banished the nation and the preacher be hanged, we should soon see an end of the tale. Political Pamphlets Notwithstanding the law against private conventicles, Henry Townsend at Rustdorp, who had been already twice fined, persisted in holding private meetings in his house. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam These conventicles as they were called, were denounced by the law, and their frequenters dispersed by military force. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition Desiring to give salience to this idea, he deprives his little pious conventicle of every virtue except one—"love," and no other word is written on each forehead of the worshippers. Robert Browning A clerk of Parma, named Roland, was charged with the delivery of this letter, and the decrees of the conventicle of Worms. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century Under the mask of the critic is the long English face of the gospeler; that type whose persistent physiognomy was never absent from the conventicle of English thought. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Henry Townsend, of Jamaica, ventured to hold prayer-meetings in his house, in defiance of the ordinance against conventicles. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam He speaks with contempt of "the twang of the conventicle." Cowper Browning's poem did not rush into drawing-rooms, but it stepped boldly into churches and conventicles and the lecture-rooms of theological professors. Robert Browning Dr. Weber was naturally thick with Sir Thomas Hawerburch, as representing the only one of his clientele then in evidence, and I was not slow in perceiving that these two eccentrics held long conventicles together. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories A moderate man, in the new meaning of the word, is one to whom all religion is indifferent; who although he denominates himself of the Church, regardeth it no more than a conventicle. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 This is contrary to the Act of Parliament; this is a conventicle. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The man seemed to have changed; his eyes were bright and feverish; his face was drawn; his voice had lost its shipmaster's brusqueness, and had acquired the drone of the seaman's shore conventicle. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Ezra, however, rejected them for her with manly scorn, until he was reminded that the high wages would speed the end of his own ambitions—namely, to replace his barn with a conventicle of brick. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914 She never stirs forth without her father, and, as you may suppose, goes more frequently to lecture, or to church, or to some conventicle, than anywhere else. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance While such men keep to barns and conventicles we can despise them, but when they creep into the fold, then there is just cause for alarm. Paul Faber, Surgeon He disavowed the appearances of Catholicism he had assumed, again made open profession of Protestantism by holding at the baptismal font, in the conventicle, the daughter of a physician amongst his friends. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 These sour men of the conventicles have ever been stiff-necked and rebellious," he said, "and have enforced their will upon our monarchs. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War Driven from the churches, they held conventicles in houses. Famous Reviews Among the intimate friends of the family was the devout Susanna von Klettenberg, one of the leading spirits in a local conventicle of the Moravian Brethren. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. "It's little better than a low-bred conventicle now, and what it will come to, if things go on like this, God knows." Paul Faber, Surgeon In the son, individualist by temperament, once the science of colleges had replaced thoroughly the faith of conventicles, this moral attitude translated itself into a frenzied puritanism of ambition. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale The preachers in the conventicles throughout the land denounced the king in terms of the greatest violence, and in almost every town the citizens were arming and drilling. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War The rigorous prohibition of conventicles was carefully extended to every possible circumstance, in which the heretics could assemble with the intention of worshipping God and Christ according to the dictates of their conscience. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 We permit them therefore freely to profess their private opinions, and to assemble in their conventicles without fear or molestation, provided always that they preserve a due respect to the established laws and government. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 To startle thus betimes at a mere unlicensed pamphlet will after a while be afraid of every conventicle, and a while after will make a conventicle of every Christian meeting. Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England From the outlawed conventicle went forth a holy zeal that carried millions to the throne of grace,—from the gloomy midnight meeting there burst a light that illumed the world. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Charles would really be king then, and could disregard the wrath of the men of the conventicles. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War She was a great keeper of conventicles; would ride ten miles to one, and when she was fined, rejoiced greatly to suffer for the Kirk; but it was rather her husband that suffered. Lay Morals First of all, the pinprick of light of a tiny electric torch seemed as though it had risen from the floor, and Hassan, pushing back a trap-door, stepped into the bare, dusty conventicle. The Pawns Count Do you think that you are back in your conventicle, that you should dare to raise your voice in such a fashion? Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 "What!" he said merrily, "the daughter of a clergyman be seen going to a conventicle?" The Vicar's Daughter They spurned and spat upon him, even as our Redeemer was spurned; and then, on the Sabbath day, they cried aloud in their conventicles, 'Lord, hast Thou not smelt a sweet savour of blood?' London Pride Or When the World Was Younger I have no patience with half-hearted carlines, that complies on the Lord’s day morning with the kirk, and comes taigling the same night to the conventicle. Lay Morals People generally do not know what a power some of these small conventicles are in the education of the world. Stephen Archer and Other Tales Manisty—'Did she expect a conventicle in the Pope's own town!' Eleanor He raised and trained a regiment of Puritan troops, called the "Ironsides," who were well-nigh invincible in battle, but whose camp was a "conventicle" for prayer and praise. Outline of Universal History But the Anti-Slavery, and Quaker, and Temperance, and Missionary and other conventicles and speakers were tough, tough, and always maintained their ground, and carried out their programs fully. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The notion of these witch-gatherings was first suggested, there can be little doubt, by secret conventicles of persisting or relapsed pagans, or of heretics. Among My Books First Series Mr. Angelo asked that magistrate to enforce the law against conventicles. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day If we could conceive of our fast-locked conventicles being thrown as freely open, could we conceive of Catholics wandering up and down their naves and aisles while the hymning or preaching went on? Roman Holidays, and Others Secluded here, the world shut off, one might as well be in some urban conventicle at home on a sunny August day, as in the glamorous East. Roving East and Roving West It must be some little ranting methodist conventicle. The Marquis of Lossie It was his wife who had entirely escaped from the old New England conventicle. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne "Well," he went on, "I suppose I must take you on your own terms.—They've been asking me to put a stop to these conventicles." Malcolm He had been, it seems, in search of a gifted weaver who used to hold forth at conventicles. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 But nowhere did the proposal excite more cordial abhorrence than in the conventicles of the Fifth-monarchy-men. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 A silenced minister has more mercy on the Government in a secure conventicle than he has on the company that he is in. Character Writings of the 17th Century Alexandria has its churches, chapels, and conventicles as abundantly, in proportion to its size, as any city in the Union. Domestic Manners of the Americans And in the weakness consequent on protracted suffering, she had begun to fancy that the loss of Phemy was a punishment upon them for deserting the conventicle. Malcolm Glorying in the risk incurred of proscription and imprisonment, they turned their dwelling into a conventicle. Excellent Women In the conventicles of the capital the lion of Judah was chosen for their military device; arms were prepared, and the day of rising was fixed. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 He does his feats behind a table, like a Presbyterian in a conventicle, but with much more dexterity and cleanliness, and therefore all sorts of people are better pleased with him. Character Writings of the 17th Century His criticisms on all Byron wrote and felt seriously on religion are almost worthy of a conventicle. Byron "I'll do that," returned Mr Bigg.—"Are we to have the pleasure of your company in our conventicle tomorrow?" he added, after a little pause. Malcolm At length some three or four persons, headed by the curate, wrote to the rector in London concerning the doings of his wife and the danger of a "conventicle." Excellent Women Their proceedings were regulated by five persons, each of whom presided in a separate conventicle, and kept his followers in ignorance of the names of the brethren associated under the four remaining leaders. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 "And so I suppose you went to a conventicle?" said Morton. Old Mortality, Volume 1. I cannot exactly understand why Episcopacy threw out the slur of "nasal twang" as one of the peculiarities of the conventicle, when it is in full force in the most approved seats of church orthodoxy. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Scotland the attempt to suppress conventicles and introduce Episcopacy was stubbornly resisted by the Covenanters, who insisted on their right to worship God in their own way. General History for Colleges and High Schools If the Muggletonians wished to pray, let them; to sing, there was no objection; to meet together in their conventicles, it was a harmless diversion. The Coming of the Friars The information may be correct in some cases, but is to be received with general caution; as also Edwards's stories of the extravagant practices of the Baptists in their conventicles and at their river-dippings. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 I think we can carry the greatest part of it in our heads without a kylevine pen and a pair of tablets, such as you bring to conventicles. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Several congregations of the best fashion find themselves already very much straitened, and if the mode increase I wish it may not drive many ordinary women into meetings and conventicles. The Coverley Papers A false step takes one to the conventicle and the other to the chapel. Nature and Human Nature Julian now doubted not that he was in one of those conventicles, which, though contrary to the existing laws, still continued to be regularly held in different parts of London and the suburbs. Peveril of the Peak In November of that year, Bunyan was indicted for an upholder of unlawful assemblies and conventicles, and for not conforming to the church of England. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works He had been profligate in his younger days, but having been led from curiosity to attend the conventicles of the nonconforming clergy, he adopted their principles in the fullest extent. Old Mortality, Volume 1. "I have had enough of conventicles, psalm-singing, and the daily chance of being burned; indeed, from the time when I could think for myself I always wished to be a Catholic." Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch They made a law once in Connecticut that no man should ride or drive on a Sunday except to a conventicle. Nature and Human Nature Services were held regularly, certain of Dr Drummond's elders officiating; and the conventicle in the schoolhouse speedily became known as Knox Church Mission. The Imperialist It was Sunday evening, and from all the little conventicles and tin churches below, the bells began their unmusical summons. The Tempting of Tavernake He made frequent journeys into Galloway to attend their conventicles, and occasionally carried with him gravestones from his quarry at Gatelowbrigg, to keep in remembrance the righteous whose dust had been gathered to their fathers. Old Mortality, Volume 1. We rule all churches and their flocks, Heretical and orthodox; 300 And are the heavenly vehicles O' th' spirits in all conventicles. Hudibras One advocates it because it destroys Protestantism as a principle of the constitution, another because the materials of this fortress, like those of Louisburg, may be useful for erecting others, and among them conventicles. Nature and Human Nature He was too good a churchman and man of business to permit conventicles or psalm-singing at odd hours in his house. It Is Never Too Late to Mend More noticeable were some architectural plans unrolled upon a settee; the uppermost represented the elevation of a building designed for religious purposes, painfully recognizable by all who know the conventicles of sectarian England. The Emancipated I was not qualified to be welcome there, having given Mr. Furze a great deal of trouble the last year about a conventicle in his house, where one of this parish was the preacher. Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects The persecution of conventicles continued, and ample indemnity was granted for every species of violence that might be exercised by those employed to suppress them. History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second They met in "conventicles," and even strove to form more permanent congregations by gathering in secret places, or sometimes openly, in defiance of the authorities. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 Some are for patent hierarchy; and some, Like the old Gauls, seek out for elbow room; Their arbitrary governors disown, And build a conventicle stage of their own. An Essay Upon Projects No church there has yet raised its spire; and as if the jealous spirit of Woden still haunted his ancient temple, even the conventicle scarcely dares show its humble front in some obscure corner. Sybil, or the Two Nations I saw several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a conventicle. The Diary of Samuel Pepys If a man deliberate whether he should go to their conventicle or to the theatre, these Manichees cry out, Behold, here are two natures: one good, draws this way; another bad, draws back that way. The Confessions of St. Augustine Their congregations were broken up and attendants at their conventicles were fined, deprived of their property, and thrown into prison, where they died by the score. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 They therefore requested the Hon. Director and the Council, that they should have permission, meanwhile, to hold their conventicles to prepare the way for their expected and coming pastor. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 For Howe was considered as the enemy both of conventicles and of factories. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 At length the transformation was complete; and the old haunter of conventicles became an intolerant High Churchman. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Why, these persons asked, was the docile and affectionate son of the Church to be disgusted by seeing the irreverent practices of a conventicle introduced into her majestic choirs? The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Nobody was so potent, so overbearing, so well endowed physically for the control of such a conventicle as Danton. The French Revolution - Volume 2 Van Berg and Stanton are nice fellows to lead a conventicle. A Face Illumined But he was alone—absolutely alone—in this conventicle! Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Its original purchasers are not likely to have taken a hand in Royalist plots or saintly conventicles. Introduction to the Compleat Angler Soon after the Restoration, a severe law, distinct from the general law which applied to all conventicles, had been passed against meetings of Quakers. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 The Emperor Maximilian held aloof, and the people of Pisa regarded the conventicle with no friendly feelings. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 They have their conventicles in the country, where they assemble privately for worship. Travels through France and Italy "I will drag my wife out of this conventicle," he exclaimed; and burst into the room while the service was proceeding, his eyes flashing fire and the whip swinging in his hand. A History of the Moravian Church They held conventicles in the open fields, and being treated, with great violence and cruelty by the Scottish government, more than once took arms during those reigns. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since The work of mutilating the Liturgy and of turning cathedrals into conventicles might surely be postponed till the Synod had taken measures to protect its own freedom and dignity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Either not a stole, or not a conventicle—that should have been his motto. Catherine De Medici He regularly repeated over the five points while daylight lasted, and imagined himself preaching in a conventicle with distinguished success; toward twilight his visions were more gloomy, and at midnight his blasphemies became horrible. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English He had introduced religious novelties; he had founded conventicles; and he had taught false doctrine. A History of the Moravian Church They said she enlivened the sombre court of King Leopold, which is usually as gloomy as a conventicle. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Then in the summer arbor sit by me, Make it our counsel house or cabinet: Since green our thoughts, green be the conventicle, Where we will ease us by disburdening them. King Edward III Ay, all of you have laid your heads together— Myself had notice of your conventicles— And all to make away my guiltless life. King Henry VI, Part 2 Great numbers of persons who had been accustomed to frequent conventicles repaired to the parish churches. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 All forms adopted by men under normal conditions, whether in cathedrals, temples, mosques, or conventicles, clearly have uses and beauties of their own. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 And then to have my young revellers of the Temple take notes, like prentices at a conventicle; and after talk it over again in Commons, or before drawers in an eating-house. The Way of the World Henceforward no conventicle had “any authority, allowance, or encouragement from his Majesty.” The Life of John Bunyan A wretch named Carstairs, who had earned a livelihood in Scotland by going disguised to conventicles and then informing against the preachers, led the way. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Several opulent gentlemen were accused of holding conventicles. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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