Mompesson

Mompesson, as "heroic and saintly" and yet you also believe that

A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book 2010

It was only as the epidemic really took hold that Mompesson saw the fearful virulence of the disease and became concerned about the consequences of its spread.

A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book 2010

Mompesson and his wife sent their two children away before quarantining the town.

A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book 2010

Some of these are now intriguing museums, including the Salisbury Museum at The King"s House (daily except Sundays, 10am-5pm; admission £5) and the National Trust"s Mompesson House, a fine Georgian building with an exceptional interior (Sat-Wed 11am-5pm; admission £4.70).

Guide to Cathedrals in the United Kingdom for Christmas 2007

Some of these are now intriguing museums, including the Salisbury Museum at The King"s House (daily except Sundays, 10am-5pm; admission £5) and the National Trust"s Mompesson House, a fine Georgian building with an exceptional interior (Sat-Wed 11am-5pm; admission £4.70).

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

He stood by Mompesson and did his duty quite as nobly; and some years afterwards, when some small-minded people appealed to the Duke of

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Meantime the rector of Eyam, whose name was Mompesson, stood his ground like a true hero, ministering to his parishioners; and, although his wife contracted the disease and died, and though he referred to himself as "a dying man," yet was he mercifully preserved; so too was the Rev. Thomas

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Only the youngest, Mompesson, conformed; the rest eventually escaped and returned to their colleges beyond seas after many adventures.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Mompesson at Clerkenwell, and while dining with another priest, James

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

But the play is an admirable one, and Overreach (who, as is well known, was supposed to be a kind of study of his half namesake, Mompesson, the notorious monopolist) is by far the best single character that Massinger ever drew.

A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889