But as Cowley was apt to be a little out of humour between whiles, let us hear the honourable, pious, and sweet-tempered Mr. Boyle, who, among the tr… - George Horne

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But as Cowley was apt to be a little out of humour between whiles, let us hear the honourable, pious, and sweet-tempered Mr. Boyle, who, among the troubles of life, enumerates as one “the business of receiving senseless visits, whose continuance, if otherwise unavoidable, is capable, in my opinion, to justify the retiredness of a hermit.”

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About George Horne

George Horne D.D. (1 November 1730 – 27 January 1792) was an English churchman, writer, and university administrator.

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Alternative Names: Rt. Rev. George Horne

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