...distemper, the last after it had subsided. Mr Mompesson, constantly visiting and praying by the sick, " Drew, like Marseilles* good bishop, purer breath,...When nature sickened, and each gale was death." From a rational belief, that assembling in the church for public worship during the summer heats, would...

...to say, " DIED BY THE VISITATION OF GOD." To this Pope alludes in the " Essay on Man" — " Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer breath When nature sickened, and each gale was death ? " A fine monument in the city tells of the fearless goodness and the pious care of the worthy bishop...

...one executioner ; and begged him to command their lives in any service that was possible." " Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer breath, When nature sickened and each gale was death ?" POPE. M. de Belsunce, Bishop of Marseilles, so distinguished himself for his humanity during the...

...what happiness they would. One they must want, which is to pass for good. Po¡,e. Why drew Marseilles7 good bishop purer breath. When Nature sickened, and each gale was death ? Id. Such was Roscommou, not more learned than good, With manners generous as his noble blood. /"'....

...immortal names of the venerable Bishop Belsunee, of whom Pope wrote the well known lines — " Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer breath When nature sickened, and each gale was death?" — and of the other distinguished persons who signalized themselves by their heroic humanity during...

...which history, poetry, and piety, will never allow to be forgotten : •, . . ,\ ' .... " Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer breath, When nature sickened, and each gale was death?" POPE'S Essag on Man, ep. 4. For while the Pharisees of Port Royal fled from their clerical functions,...

...distemper, the last after it had subsided. Mr. Mompesson, constantly visiting and praying by the sick, " Drew, like Marseilles' good bishop, purer breath,...When nature sickened, and each gale was death." From a rational belief, that assembling in the church for public worship during the summer heats, would...

...distemper ; the last after it had subsided. Mr. Mompesson, constantly visiting and praying by the sick, " Drew, like Marseilles' good bishop, purer breath,...When nature sickened, and each gale was death." From a rational belief that assembling in the church for public worship during the summer heats, would spread...

...distinguished themselves by their noble self-devotion. One of them has been commemorated by Pope : " Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer breath, When nature sickened, and each gale was death ? " The name of the good bishop was Belzunce, "who offered a rare example of courage and piety by_his...

...for their sakes, is indeed worthy of note. Pope notices the conduct of Bishop Belzance: — Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer breath, When nature sickened, and each gale was death. The progress of the plague was noted every day, in the city records of Marseilles, and in the extracts...