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Joseph Holden Pott : [sermons on church holidays]

' [Johnson said] The excellent Mr. Nelson's "Festivals and Fasts," which has, I understand, the greatest sale of any book ever printed in England, except the Bible, is a most valuable help to devotion; and in addition to it I would recommend two sermons on the same subject [of Christian holidays] by Mr. Pott, Archdeacon of St. Albans, equally distinguished for piety and elegance'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Unknown

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