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Author:George Stanhope

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George Stanhope
(1660–1728)

English cleric; Dean of Canterbury, Royal Chaplain, writer of sermons, and translator

George Stanhope

Works

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  • The law not destroyed but established by the Gospel. A sermon preach'd at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, April the 7th. 1701. (1701)
  • The duty of witnesses. A sermon, preach'd at the summer-assizes holden at Maidstone in Kent, ... August the 5th, 1701. (1701)
  • A sermon preach'd before the Queen at the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, the xxviith day of June MDCCVI. (1706)
  • The sin and folly of immoderate carefulness. A sermon preached before the Queen, in the royal chapel at Windsor-Castle, November the 2d. 1712. (1712)
  • Nothing impracticable required of Christians. A sermon preach'd before the Queen, in the royal-chapel at Windsor-castle, October the 18th. 1713. (1713)
  • The early conversion of islanders a wise expedient for propagating Christianity. A sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their anniversary meeting in the parish-church of St. Mary-le-Bow; on Friday the 19th of Feb. 1713-14. (1714)

Translations

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  • Epictetus his morals, with Simplicius his comment (1694) (transcription project)
  • Of wisdom. Three books. Written originally in French, by the Sieur de Charron. With an account of the author. (1697)
  • The Christian pattern: or, a treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ. In four books. Written originally in Latin by Thomas à Kempis. Now Render'd into English (1698)

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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