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taken of my question , ( p . 26 and 88 . ) But if I understand him rightly , he thinks the bishop elect
did * formerly , use the words "Nolo l&piscopari , " though they are now disused . I have perused a late edition of the Pro . Dis , Catechism , and find the alteration to be as S . P . states it . " The ancient
custom for the bishop elect to say Nolo Episcopari , it seems is now disused . " But Mr . Christian not only calls it a vulgar error , but thinks it never was used in this country . cc It is" ( says he ) 44 a prevailing vulgar error , that every bishop , before he accepts the
bishoprick which is offered him , affects a maiden coyness , and an . swrrs , nolo episcopari . The origin of -tlijese words and this notion , I Iwve not been able to discover ; tot bishops certainly give no such refusal at present , and I am inclined to think they never did , at any time in this , country . ' * Black . Com . Vol . i . p . 380 . note . Ed . 14 th . Can this be ascertained ? A . B .
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The Demoniacs . 4 * " Sir , April 4 , 1812 . , Looking into the auction room of Messrs , Leigh and Sotheby ,
during the sale of Dr . Raifte ' s li . br ^ ry , I was attracted to a copy q { Farmer ' s Essay on-the Demoniacs of the New Testament ^ in which was a note in the
handwriting q £ its late leaimed and liberal-minded possessor . It began in the ^ e tejms . " With regard to the language which <^ hribt is described as mak-4 Hg lisp oi tfi addressinghimself to the demoniacs , it is dear that in order tQ be understood by perjm \ $ di 3 oxd ^ red in thei r under-
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standings he could only speak ik words adapted W the \ vilcl imaginations under which they laboiiredJ w
upon the story of the herd ' s frenzy on his failure in the . ' contention with Ulysses before the Grecian chiefs for the arms of i Achilles * At 1 . 51 , &c » is the speech of Minerva to Ulj / sses , describing her treatment of AJatm who in frantic paroxysm sought to destroy his rival and the rest i of tlie Grecian
This was all I could carry away , but recollecting that in the following part of the note there vv ^ s a reference to the Ajaxoi Sophbcles , for an elucidation of the subject , I consulted that tragedy , formed
chiefs . - -1 - * i i i ., The passage i s tti u s re bde red i n Potters translation ; 1 53 , * rc . I cheek'd hfxn frbni iht savage joy his '• ?' heart - ¦ . ¦ " * - ¦ ^ ¦ ConeeivM , presenting tp his eyes wild forms , \ , ,-,,...., , ' , . ? .. . Of sick in agination ; on the herds IturnMhim ^ aindWe ti xidivided spoils By herdsttien watch'dj oij these he irush'd ^ p 4 spread ' . . s A . ' - Wild slaughter , mid $ t t ^ e horned droves around , i i Whirling his sword ; tn * Atrtdcentiw he 1 ¦
• • "ween ^ ' " '¦! •• ' ' ' • • ¦ Fejl by his hand , and now some other chief ,
Each after each ; his mind with frenzy " ¦ seizM ' , '' '• ' - ' • .. /¦ - 1 urg * d him on , and drovd him into ¦ toils- ¦ ; .. ,. ; v .: _ ; . . ¦ ., ; - ,. ); . ; ... Thus wretchedly entangie / J . When his hand > , ' From this wild ^ la ^ hte ' r cea ^ d , the herds not slain * .
And all the flocks he seiz'd ; in fetters And drove them to nis tent , deeming them men Not horned' herdtT : there ^ now with : manty a ilash . ; ¦ ,, ' _« ¦ , . i , ;/ v ' H < f m ^ kcjft Jjiis captfve ^ fccjl t ^ is ftantic ¦ ' ' ' . r r ' ¦ » . ' . ' .. . ' ;[ ¦ m ! > - i - ¦ ¦ » : i . In another passage , Ajqx j » de * scribtrd # * having fa , $ t ^ uecl to a pillar one animal vwUom he eonsi-
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VflM ; The Demvniacs . " ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/18/
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