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" one of them in the pulpit. I could heartily wish/ says the Spectator, ' that some of our country clergy would follow ' this example ; and instead of wasting their spirits in laborious ' compositions of their own, would endeavour after a handsome ' elocution... "
Christian Remembrancer: Or, The Churchman's Biblical, Ecclesiastical ... - Page 521
1854
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A Book for a Corner, Volume 2

Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 252 pages
...is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example ;...spirits in laborious compositions of their own, would endeavor after a handsome elocution, and all those other talents that are proper to enforce what has...
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Sir Roger de Coverley

Joseph Addison - 1852 - 266 pages
...Composition of a Poet in the Mouth of a graceful Actor. I could heartily wish that more of our CountryClergy would follow this Example; and instead of wasting...Compositions of their own, would endeavour after a handsom Elocution, and all those other Talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example; and, instead of wasting their spirits hi laborious compositions of their own, would endeavour after a handsome elocution, and all those other...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Prose: Comprising Selections from the ...

1853 - 334 pages
...is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example; and...those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by great masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity. 1 could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example: and...those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 pages
...like like the composition of a poet in. the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example; and,...those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example; and,...those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pages
...is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example ;...those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pages
...is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor. I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example; and,...those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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Mediaeval Preachers and Mediaeval Preaching: A Series of Extracts

1856 - 444 pages
...good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. I could heartily wish/...those other talents that are proper, to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying...
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