...troubled times. But he endured hardness as a good soldier. Hc'wrote many things. Fuller says : "He is not unhappy at controversies, more happy at comments,...good in his characters, better in his sermons, best ot all in his meditations." This little treatise is full of the honey that he knew so well how to win...

...cancelled, with the endorsement ' Persolvit et quietus est.1" Fuller says of the famous satirist that he was "not unhappy at controversies, more happy at comments,...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations." John Gauden, who became bishop in 1660, was far more fortunate, though probably not more happy. He....

...' Worthies,' ' He 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. ' Wesley, while reprinting his 'Meditations and Vowes ' in 1751, speaks of the language as ' too stiff,...

...says that ' for his pure, full, plain style' Hall was called the English Seneca, judges him ' not ill at controversies, more happy at comments, very good...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations.' He is, however, best remembered in literature for his satires, published under the title of Virgidemiarttm,...

...says that 'for his pure, full, plain style' Hall was called the English Seneca, judges him ' not ill power, and the tragedy marks the /cnith of his achievement....spell that it exerts on readers justifies the app He is, however, best remembered in literature for his satires, published under the title of Virgidemiarum,...

...ENGLISH SENECA (by Sir Henry Wotton) for the pureness, plainness and fulness of his style. Not unhappy in controversies, more happy at comments, very good in...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations. Such is the portrait of Joseph Hall by a friend, who shared his confidence and whose skill in character-painting...

...gentlemen of our nation. Joseph Hall (1574-1656), bishop of Norwich, was an English scholar and theologian. "He was commonly called our English Seneca, for the...better in his Sermons, best of all in his Meditations." Fuller's Worthies of England. Knox, Hugh. The moral and religious miscellany; or, Sixty-one aphoretical...

...(?).— PETHERIGK, EDWARD A., 1896, Mundus Alter et Idem, Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 281, p. 86. GENERAL He was commonly called our English Seneca, for the...better in his Sermons, best of all in his Meditations. — FULLER, THOMAS, 1662, Worthies of England, ed. Nichols, vol. I, p. 566. Monsieur Balzac exceedingly...

...and Fuller was right in preferring these more rounded and sonorous compositions. Hall, he says, is " very good in his characters, better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations." The Characters are written with force and spirit, and have little or none of the archaism which is...

...clever in satire, he was gentle and patient in temper. Fuller describes our English Seneca as " Not ill at controversies, more happy at comments ; very good...better in his sermons, best of all in his meditations." Folio editions of Hall's works appeared in 1621 and in subsequent years. (8) Calvin's " Institutes."...