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" In these hymns there is no doggerel; no botches; nothing put in to patch up the rhyme; no feeble expletives. Here is nothing turgid or bombast, on the one hand, or low and creeping on the other. Here are no cant expressions, no words without meaning. "
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - Page 232
1843
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 154

1881 - 622 pages
...hymns there is no doggerel, no botches, nothing put in to fill ' up the rhyme, no feeble expletives. 2. Here is nothing turgid ' or bombast on the one hand, or low and creeping on the ' other. ... 4. There are, allow me to say, both the purity, ' the strength, and the clearance of the English...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 179

1894 - 576 pages
...of Scriptural ' Christianity ? ' And again : ' In these hymns there is no ' doggerel ; no blotches ; nothing put in to patch up the ' rhyme ; no feeble expletives. . . . Here are, allow me to ' say, both the purity, the strength, and the elegance of the ' English language ;...
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists

John Wesley - 1804 - 522 pages
...judges thereof, with all freedom and unreferve. To thefe I may fay, without offence, 1 . In thefe hymns there is no doggerel : no botches ; nothing put in to patch up the -'"™ne ; no .feeble expletives, a. Here is noirgid or bombaft, on the one hand, or low und creeping,...
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The Works of the Rev. John Wesley. ...

John Wesley - 1809 - 460 pages
...poetical compositions that Mr. John W. says, in the Preface to his large Hymn Book, ' " In these hymns there is no doggerel, no botches, nothing put in to...rhyme, no feeble expletives. Here is nothing turgid and bombast on the one hand, or low and creeping on the other. Here are no cant expressions, no words...
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The Methodist Magazine, Volume 8

1825 - 512 pages
...Wesley, writes such strong encomiums in his preface to his large Hymnbook. ' In these hymns,' says he, ' there is no doggerel, no botches, nothing put in to...; no feeble expletives. Here is nothing turgid or bombastic, on the one hand, or low and creeping on the other. Here are no cant expressions, no words...
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A Collection of Hymns: For the Use of the People Called Methodists

John Wesley - 1820 - 584 pages
...common tense, both in prose nud vor.-e, and use no words but in a. Bit and determinate sense. -\. litre are, (allow me to .say,) both the purity, the strength, and the elegance of the, English lan^ua^e: ami, at tin- same time, ihe utmost simplicity and plainness, suited (o every capacity. iJastly,...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1845 - 694 pages
...judges thereof with all freedom and unreserve. To these I may say, without offence, 1 . In these hymns there is no doggerel ; no botches ; nothing put in to patch up the rhyme ; no feeble expletives. 2. Here is nothing turgid or bombast on the one hand, or low and creeping on the other. 3. Here are...
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The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Fellow of Lincoln College ..., Volume 2

Henry Moore - 1825 - 606 pages
...Wesley writes such strong encomiums in his preface to his large Hymnbook. " In these hymns," says he, " there is no doggerel, no botches, nothing put in to...; no feeble expletives. Here is nothing turgid or bombastic, on the one hand, or low and creeping on the other. Here are no cant expressions, no words...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review

1825 - 502 pages
...writes sucli strong encomiums in his preface to his large Hvrnnbook. 'In these hymns,' says he, • there is no doggerel, no botches, nothing- put in...; no feeble expletives. Here is nothing- turgid or bombastic, on the one hand, or low and creeping- on the other. Here are ix> cant expressions, no words...
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The Methodist Magazine, Volume 8

1825 - 516 pages
...writes such strong encomiums in his preface to his large Hymnbook. ' In these hymns,' says he, • tnere is no doggerel, no botches, nothing put in to patch...; no feeble expletives. Here is nothing turgid or bombastic, on the one hand, or low and creeping on tbe other. Here are no cant expressions, no words...
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