...stubborn Ears of the coming Crop ; or, Biscuits baked in the Oven of Charity, carefully conserved for the Chickens of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation." To another we have the following copious description : " Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul for Sin ; or,...

...the stubborn ears of the coming crop of biscuits baked in the oven of Charity carefully conserved for the chickens of the church the sparrows of the Spirit and the sweet swallows of Salvation," "Some sobs of a sorrowful soul for sin, in seven penetential psalms of the Princely Prophet David,...

...stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.'"* The vanity and eccentricity of the editor might have been thought to disqualify him for the office he undertook,...

...stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of Salvation." ' It appears that ihis benevolent sheriff really had a licence for preaching. Archbishop Heath and...

...stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of Salvation." ' It appears that ihis benevolent sheriff really had a licence, for preaching. Archbishop Heath and...

...stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation ! " This ridiculous style was much in vogue in the time when it was so illustrated by Mr. Tavernier...

...alliterations was carried to an absurd excess ; even from the pulpit the chosen p opie were addressed as "the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the (tweet swallows of salvation." " Ane New- Year Gift," or address, presented to Mary Queen of Scots...

...carried to the verge of absurdity, when, even in the pulpit, the preacher would address his flock as the " chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation." The old divines give many curious specimens of this peculiarity of composition. For instance, in Trapp's...

...Spiritual Apothecary," and finally, " Some Biscuits Baked in the Oven of Charity, Carefully Conserved for the Chickens of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation." The next century, the ninctccth, has added to the list of pulpit quacks and sanctuary sportsmen, and to...

...carried to the verge of absurdity, when, even in the pulpit, the preacher would address his flock as the " chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation." The old divines give many curious specimens of this peculiarity of composition. For instance, in Trapp's...