Notes & Queries Archive
QUERY1850

Queries as to "Lines on London Dissenting Ministers" of a former Day

By W.

Not having made *Notes* of the verses so entitled, I beg to submit the following *Queries*:— 1. Does there exist any printed or manuscript copy of lines of the above description, in the course of which Pope's "Modest Foster" is thus introduced and apostrophised:— "But see the accomplish'd orator appear, Refined in judgment, and in language clear: Thou only, Foster, hast the pleasing art At once to charm the ear and mend the heart!" Other conspicuous portraits are those of THOMAS BRADBURY, ISAAC WATTS, and SAMUEL CHANDLER. The date of the composition must be placed between 1704 and 1748, but I…

Topics: Dissenting Ministers, Poetry, Theology