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REPLY1850

Dissenting Ministers

By J.P. S.

The verses representing the distinctive characteristics of many ministers, by allegorical resemblance to *flowers*, were written by the lady whose paternal name is given by your correspondent. She married the Rev. Joseph Brooksbank. I think it quite improbable that those verses were ever published. It seems that two of the three names mentioned in your description of this "nosegay" are erroneous. The first is indisputable, RICHARD WINTER, a man of distinguished excellence, who died in 1799. "Hugh Washington" is certainly a mistake for HUGH WORTHINGTON; but for "James Jouyce" I can offer no con…

Topics: Dissenting Ministers, Allegorical Poetry