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Mitford, ttie historian of G-reece — presented him, 

 as a mark of esteem, to the living of Boldre, in 

 the New Forest, near Lymington. There he re- 

 mained until the close of his life, and it was there 

 he wrote nearly the whole of his works, extending 

 to twenty-four volumes. His writings on pictur- 

 esque beauty were all written and published during 

 his residence in that quiet woodland village. 



Of Gilpin, as a preacher of the Gospel, his 

 biographer gives us the following picture : — 

 ' Favoured by nature with a commanding person, 

 dignified manners, and a deep, sonorous voice, 

 and blessed with an education which gave him all 

 the classic proprieties and simple grace of public 

 speaking, his mode of saying the liturgy, reading 

 the Scriptures, and preaching was almost in- 

 imitable. When he said the former, the beauty 

 of its composition appeared to have acquired 

 additional solemnity from the full melody of his 

 voice, and the deep emotion of his solemn and 

 forcible manner ; while reading the Scriptures, 

 in reciting either their awful predictions, or in 

 delivering their terrible denunciations, he seemed 

 to be warmed with a portion of their own fire, or 



