...bad in many instances they probably were (for the system was in some respects radically pernicious), the event proved that they had their redeeming qualities...as we know not, says the proverb, what the well is 1 See an Account of the Ancient and Present State of Shrewsbury. 12mo. p. 107. s Milton. EVILS AND...

...bad in many instances they probably were, (for the system was in some respects radically pernicious,) the event proved that they had their redeeming qualities...monasteries had been the refuge for the destitute who were now driven to frightful extremities throughout the country, the effect of the suppression...

...Blunt — an author who surely will not be accused of any attachment to Romanism — writes thus — " As we know not. says the proverb, what the well is...monasteries had been the refuge for the destitute, who were now driven to frightful extremities throughout the country, the effect of the suppression...

...Blunt — an author who surely will not be accused of any attachment to Romanism — writes thus — " As we know not, says the proverb, what the well is...monasteries had been the refuge for the destitute, who were now driven to frightful extremities throughout the country, the effect of the suppression...

...author who surely will not be accused of any attachment to Romanism — writes thus — "As we kno\v not, says the proverb, what the well is worth till it is dry, so was it found after the dissolution, thai with all their faults, the monasteries had been the refuge for the destitute, who were now driven...

...dust and heat. " Yet monasteries had their uses and redeeming qualities ; and as we know not wliai the well is worth till it is dry, so was it found...monasteries had been the refuge for the destitute, who were now driven to frightful extremities, the effect to them being the same as would now follow...