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Article ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. ← Page 5 of 5 Article THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. Page 1 of 7 →
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Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C.
feently , and each account will have its merit in proportion as the writer ' s feelings are awakened , or his abilities exerted . I am sensible that the artist or mechanic will be much more exact thanHiave been in his account of quantity , extension , and magnitude ; but it should be remembered that nice precision and mathematical certainty are seldom to be found in the annals of leasure
p . . To-morrow morning I shall take leave of my agreeable fellowtravellers , and proceed to Waterford by Youghall , Dungarvan , and Clonmell ; in the last-mentioned p lace I intend staying a day or two , and shall probably send you my next scrawl from the banks of the Smr , In the interim , I am , & c . -
The Life Of Mrs. Anne Ayscough, Or Askew.
THE LIFE OF MRS . ANNE AYSCOUGH , OR ASKEW .
( Concluded from Page 345 . ) IN the view of the most tremendous death that the infernal arm of bigotry could inflict , this magnanimous glory of her sex possessed a cool and determined spirit of mind . In the morning of her days , for such surelwe ' call the age of twenty-fivethe causeof truth
y may , ^ and the enjoyment of a good conscience were of more estimation in her sight , than the blandishments of pleasure , the splendour of a court , and even the extenfion of life itself . Under the awful circumstances in which she now lay , this admirable woman wrote the following letters , one to the King and the other to the Chancellor . If it be said that her view herein was to obtain a
pardon , I shall not contradict it ; but let it be considered ,. also , that she stoops not to the meanness of flattery , nor . to the pitifulness of equivocation . She maintains that dignity of soul which is the characteristic of oppressed innocence ; and her claim for . pardon is in the bold language of a demand , not of supplication . Her letter to the King is in the form of a confession of faith , aa
follows : " I , Anne . Askew , of good memory , although God hath given me " the bread of adversity and the water of trouble ,- yet not so much . " as my sins have deserved , desire this to be known unto , your grace ; " that , forasmuch as I am by the law condemned for an evil doer , " here I take heaven and earth to record that I shall die in my inno" cency ; and , according to that I said first , and will say last , I utterl y and the of
" abhor and detest all heresies ; as concerning Supper " our Lord , I believe so much as Christ hath said therein , which he " confirmed with his most blessed blood . I believe also as much as " he willed me to follow , and believe so much as the Catholic Church " of him doth teach . For I . will not forsake the commandment of " his holy lips ; but look what God hath charged me with his mouth
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Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C.
feently , and each account will have its merit in proportion as the writer ' s feelings are awakened , or his abilities exerted . I am sensible that the artist or mechanic will be much more exact thanHiave been in his account of quantity , extension , and magnitude ; but it should be remembered that nice precision and mathematical certainty are seldom to be found in the annals of leasure
p . . To-morrow morning I shall take leave of my agreeable fellowtravellers , and proceed to Waterford by Youghall , Dungarvan , and Clonmell ; in the last-mentioned p lace I intend staying a day or two , and shall probably send you my next scrawl from the banks of the Smr , In the interim , I am , & c . -
The Life Of Mrs. Anne Ayscough, Or Askew.
THE LIFE OF MRS . ANNE AYSCOUGH , OR ASKEW .
( Concluded from Page 345 . ) IN the view of the most tremendous death that the infernal arm of bigotry could inflict , this magnanimous glory of her sex possessed a cool and determined spirit of mind . In the morning of her days , for such surelwe ' call the age of twenty-fivethe causeof truth
y may , ^ and the enjoyment of a good conscience were of more estimation in her sight , than the blandishments of pleasure , the splendour of a court , and even the extenfion of life itself . Under the awful circumstances in which she now lay , this admirable woman wrote the following letters , one to the King and the other to the Chancellor . If it be said that her view herein was to obtain a
pardon , I shall not contradict it ; but let it be considered ,. also , that she stoops not to the meanness of flattery , nor . to the pitifulness of equivocation . She maintains that dignity of soul which is the characteristic of oppressed innocence ; and her claim for . pardon is in the bold language of a demand , not of supplication . Her letter to the King is in the form of a confession of faith , aa
follows : " I , Anne . Askew , of good memory , although God hath given me " the bread of adversity and the water of trouble ,- yet not so much . " as my sins have deserved , desire this to be known unto , your grace ; " that , forasmuch as I am by the law condemned for an evil doer , " here I take heaven and earth to record that I shall die in my inno" cency ; and , according to that I said first , and will say last , I utterl y and the of
" abhor and detest all heresies ; as concerning Supper " our Lord , I believe so much as Christ hath said therein , which he " confirmed with his most blessed blood . I believe also as much as " he willed me to follow , and believe so much as the Catholic Church " of him doth teach . For I . will not forsake the commandment of " his holy lips ; but look what God hath charged me with his mouth