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agaiiUv . wished that such negative merit ha , d not been wanting to these histprians of the dissenters : of simple narration they appear to have no conception ; and nearly every page excites our disgust by
affected phraseology 5 or by vulgar exp ressions , by the neglect of gi&mroatical precision and construction or by mixed and discordant metaphors . Low indeed must be the state of literature
among the dissenters , if we judge of it from the style of Mr . Bogue and Mr . Bennett . The following are some of this instances in which they have been guilty of affected phraseology :
Vol .. I . " . P ref . p . xliii . " The degree of hilarity in which we may sometimes indulge . '' xix . ¦ 6 i pestiferous influence . " 29 * a when empires have arrived at their acme , thev—fall into
decrefitude . " Ib . u an island of verdant fertility . ' 34 . the deadly fangs of the great red dragon . " 170 . * ¦ < death had levelled Oliver Cromwell with the dust , " 35 J . " as pure and ardent an affection , and more tin bought . Vol . II . 8 . / ' When , from the sacred scriptures , we lattnch into the sea of primitive antiquity . 15 . " eartin ess of commencement . " Ib . u Oliver Cromwell , who then swayed the sceptre of authorityS * 333 . " they kept the public mind in astute t > f acetous fermentation " A few examples shall next be given of vulgarity of expression : , * Vol . I . 14 . " A great part of his life was spent in hunting out \ yilfrid . " 25 . " because ^ u r ^ oo M tliey maide np Mother reply / ' , 38 . . * Xioi t ^> . piTcipitate Say some . iT- ^ . " Ed \ V 4 rd I | I . clipped the
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"wings of the Roman * eagle /* ( th « authors are speaking of theRonHdh seef ) 39 . " his Majesty ' s fieg sidrjects . " \ J . < My LotU tif Canterbury . " ( Cnjtimer . ) 54 . kt
length they grew side of toasted men . " 288 . " the rest were h / freserving vicars of Bray ** 4 £ 5 . " Henry Dodwell—GUt / iefb ( fed < iil those HerodsS Vol . If : 'IS .
" good King fVillidm ^ (^ iid 4 n 42 *)—3-5 . " when minister ^ in their preaching , beebme f&rid bf nicknacks . * ' 38 . * ' they ! \ vet * e sorry when he t ^^ . ( had ) dotier **
40 . " Matthew Henr < r , xift&nanieis ( stiles ) him his beloved frieftt £ J >» 44 l . " th ey / e // t / pouthe i % tf ^ , tions of infinite * wfedon ^ ° f ^ We shall now prfcJduee ^ pfetimens of the neglect of gi ^ aTntri ^ itical precision ^ and construction :
Voh I . 18 . " These ma ^ iidei ^ , having once ravaged , ^ Std t % cy tasted , &c . 23 . Ci wHole ^ es were spent with ( in ) the fierce ahd haughty conflicts , &c . " ' < 2 € f . c < r ' \ \\ Christendom should stand amazed at his ( Greathead ' s ) pilrnisiiitfent One of the Cardinals lb \ vei-ed % /*
( the Pope ' s ) tone , &c . [ 53 m Many of the refornfers dfarik d ^ ep ( deeply ) of the bitter ciip of jtei $ ocutioii . ^ 100 . •** irihabifr ^ Corporations" ( corporate iozfiri&y * 141 . u It is suflficient ^ app&t&tit X&c ' ident ) by -ffront J their riame ? &fc /' 150 . u the same imt&tfdiv of
m ^ nd as fichtcnj ' in modern tlrtifes , &c . " ) 68 . u some batb teen ivhipped for ( as ) vapihvti& % . ** 173 . u not only in ^ edticih ' g the people , &c— butaho * ' ( M '^' cfUcing vhe people , ridt orily ;' S ^ i . ) 182 . " ^ the proftifefe bt tWe ivriiiirs of this \ Vork ; is to takci c 6 gniiance 6 f fto record ) wMtrdate § to fix * - - " r ' . •/ . ' »[ : \ „ " - . " . ' 1 Ml . .. > ' " ,. . '
. * JBupvan , too , they cMgwd John Bun ran .
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Review * —Bogue and Bennett ' s History of Dissenters : SOS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/29/
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