_Dr. Whichcote and Dorothy Jordan_ (Vol. ix., p. 351.).--The sentence which
Mr. Leigh Hunt couples with Mrs. Jordan's laugh, as among the best sermons
he ever heard, your correspondent [Greek: Xanthos] will find in the
collection of _Moral and Religious Aphorisms_ of Dr. Whichcote, first
published by Dr. Jeffery in 1703, and which were re-published by Dr. Salter
in 1753. It is to the following effect:
"Aph. 1060. To _lessen_ the number of things _lawful in themselves_;
brings the consciences of men in[to] slavery, multiplies sin in the
world, makes the way {384} narrower than God has made it, occasions
differences among men, discourages comers to religion, rebuilds the
partition wall, is an usurpation upon the family of God, challenges
successive ages backward and forward, assigns new boundaries in the
world, takes away the opportunity of free-will offerings."
It is possible that Mr. Leigh Hunt may have found it in the little _Manual
of Golden Sentences,_ published by the Rev. John Hunter, Bath, 1826, 12mo.,
where it occurs at p. 64., No. xlvi.
With respect to Dorothy Jordan's laugh, to those of your readers who, like
myself, have heard it, and treasure it among their joyous remembrances, no
comment will be wanting.