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" ... obliged to sit instead of a sofa. His sermons abounded with Latin and Greek quotations, and passages from the English poets; even the treasures of private epistolary correspondence contributed to -the instruction of his congregation. "
Picturesque excursions in Devonshire and Cornwall - Page 34
by Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 107 pages
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 4

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1803 - 716 pages
...the wretched apartment they were in, and the yellow time-worn bed on which some of them perhaps were obliged to sit instead of a sofa. His sermons abounded...contributed to the instruction of his congregation." His Memoirs of Dr. Nathan Alcock, his brother, is a well written piece of biography. WARLEIGH, in the...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ...

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1803 - 662 pages
...the wretched apartment they were in, and the yellow time-worn bed on which some of them perhaps were obliged to sit instead of a sofa. His sermons abounded...contributed to the instruction of his congregation." His Memoirs of Dr. Nathan Alcock, his brother, is a well written piece of biography. WARLEIGH, in the...
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The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious ..., Volumes 4-7

Richard Polwhele - 1816 - 746 pages
...conversation, the wretched apartment they lucre in, and the yellow time-worn bed on which some of themieere perhaps obliged to sit instead of a sofa. His sermons...of private epistolary correspondence contributed to tlte instruction of his congregation. Among other singularities, which occurred in his preaching, it...
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The Plymouth and Devonport Guide: With Sketches of the Surrounding Scenery

Henry Edmund Carrington - Devonport (England) - 1843 - 364 pages
...wretched apartment they were in, and the yellow time-worn bed on which some of them, perhaps, were obliged to sit instead of a sofa. His sermons abounded...contributed to the instruction of his congregation. Among the other singularities which occurred in his preaching, it should not be omitted that he delivered...
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Annual report and transactions, Volume 5

Plymouth athenaeum - 1874 - 622 pages
...penurious, he was a gentleman, kind and charitable to the poor, a brilliant scholar, an eloquent preacher. " His sermons abounded with Latin and Greek quotations, and passages from the English poets;" and the treasures of his extensive private correspondence were frequently quoted to • European Mug.,...
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The Cheshire Sheaf ...: Being Local Gleanings, Historical and ..., Volume 1

Cheshire (England) - 1880 - 388 pages
...vol. ¡. p. 303. THE CHESHIRE SHEAF. table to the poor, a brilliant scholar, on eloquent preacher. " His sermons abounded with Latin and Greek quotations, and passages from the English poets ; and the treasures of his extensive private correspondence were frequently quoted to his congregations...
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