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...persons which might be mentioned. They are usually, as the Monro of a former age has described them, ' thick and heavy, and hard to raise to a point of zeal...fervency, and need a mountain of fire to kindle them.' They have commonly a hard burden of work, and of out-door work, and very often the realities of family...

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...Sometimes he tells them stories,and sayings of others, according as his texts invite him ; for these also men heed and remember better than exhortations,...die with the sermon, especially with country people, who are thick and heavy, and hard to raise to a point of zeal and fervency, and need a mountain of...

...George Herbert, in his 'Priest to the Temple,' "he procures attention by all possible art.' Sometimes he tells them stories, and sayings of others, according...which, though earnest, yet often die with the sermon." And again, — " The Parson is full of all knowledge. They say it is an ill mason that refuseth any...