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"Jeremy Taylor's imagination was
truly imperial; and one cannot open
his pages without coming into the
presence of new and resplendant
forms of a fresh opulent creation;
of a super abundance indeed of
imagery, but so genuine, and
the healthy product of such
sound and substantial thought,
that it resembles beautiful clus-
ters of grapes, whcih we feed upon
while we enjoy the beauty that
is so varied and rich a growth
of gener[???]" [???]
pg 26[?] [???]

2.50
L. R. Ga[??lt?] 75 c

June 1867.
Taylor was a splendid scholar, a con-
summate theologian, and a man of won-
derful literary genius. Called the Chrys-
ostum of Eng. Theology for his golden eloquence.
He has no equal in the whole series of
ecclesiastical writers for richness of fancy.
Col. Cyc.

The rhythm of his sentences flows like music,
and captivates the taste, when his reasoning
does not satisfy the judgmnet.

Bis[h?]. Ru[st?] in his funeral sermon on the
illustrious divine said of him, "This great
prelate had the good-humor of a gentleman,
the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a
poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the pro-
foundness of a philosopher, the wisdom of
a chancellor, the sagacity of a prophet
the reason of an angel, and the piety of
a saint. He had devotion enough for a
cloister, learning enough for a univer-
sity and wit enough for a college
of virtuosi; and had his parts and
endowments been parcelled out among
his poor clergy that he left behind him
it would perhaps have made ^one of the best
dioceses in the world."