I must candidly acknowledge that I am acquainted with no place of worship which is so well calculated for genteel people to say their prayers in as your chapel. Here is every contrivance for warmth, ease, and repose; and the company is select, wellbred,... Bath Characters, Or, Sketches from Life - Page 31by Richard Warner - 1807 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Warner - 1808 - 216 pages
...the nan of silk, and his shew.box, and surprise at the odd way in which the fine people said •ful, agreeable, and judicious. No violence; no scolding;...about hell and the devil, as one meets with in vulgar parish-churches; but a gentlemanly softness in manner, and a tender respect their prayers, effectually... | |
| Mary Clementina Hibbert- Ware - 1879 - 308 pages
...for warmth, ease, and repose ; and the company is select, well-bred, and well-dressed. In general, the mode of performing the service is graceful, agreeable...scolding, no terrifying stories about hell and the devil, such as one hears in vulgar parish churches. In your chapel, on the contrary, a tender respect is shown... | |
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