...estimate of his works, but it is a fair one, and, as usual, pithily expressed : it is that he was " not unhappy at Controversies, more happy at Comments,...better in his Sermons, best of all in his Meditations." 280 PEVEUELL'S MESSENGER, A TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY. BY 0. ST DRAKE. V. JULIAN PEVEUELL was laid to...

...exhibit, have been already alluded to. To borrow the words of Thomas Fuller, he was, as an author, " not unhappy at controversies, more happy at comments,...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations." * Aud to this it must be added, that while he was perfectly master of an elegant Latin style, he did...

...entitled Songs in the Night; or, Cheerfulness in Affliction. Of his numerous writings Fuller has said : " Not unhappy at controversies, more happy at comments,...characters, better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations."1 1 Worthies, \ Leicestershire, p. 130; Ch.-Hist. bk. x. pp. 80, 86. Fuller's peaceful...

...comparative scale of Bishop Hall's excellencies, we read, — "not ill at controversies; more happy in comments ; very good in his characters ; better in his sermons; best of all in his meditations," — where the harmony of the sentence takes its tone from the lowest degree, which it would be an affectation...

...comparative scale of Bishop Hall's excellencies, we read, — " not ill at controversies; more happy in comments ; very good in his characters ; better in his sermons; best of all in his meditations," — where the harmony of the sentence takes its tone from the lowest degree, which it would be an affectation...

...in 1647 to a small estate at Heigham, near Norwich, where he died in 1656. " He may be said," gays Fuller, (Worthies — Leicestershire,) " to have died...his characters, better in his sermons, best of all ill his meditations." Hallam has compared him with his greater contemporary, Jeremy Taylor : — "...

...his hand. He was commonly called our English Seneca, for his pure, plain, and full style ; not ill at controversies ; more happy at comments ; very good...in his sermons ; best of all in his meditations." More than five and twenty years ago, I was called to address certain meetings for one of our great...

...September 8th, 1656. " lie was commonly called our English Seneca, for the pureness, plainness, and fulness of his style. Not unhappy at controversies, more happy...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations a witty poet when young, a painful preacher and solid divine in his middle, a patient sufferer in his...

...his pen hath so eloquently recommended to others." Of his many valuable writings Fuller has said, " Not unhappy at controversies, more happy at comments, very good in his character, better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations." In the History of " Waltham Abbey,"...

...cannot die." His friend Thomas Fuller, in addition to remarks inserted in the text, described him as " not unhappy at controversies, more happy at comments,...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations." Mr. Jones in his memoir calls him the English Chrysostom, and applies to him the description originally...