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LifflB of the rev. dr. cosset. 383
he was consigned to Dr. Kennicott, at Exeter college,
and placed under Mr. Hinton, a tutor of great celebrity.
Gosset had not been long at the university, before he
found Out Fletcher, in the Turl, and Dan. Prince, opposite
the Clarendon. To these gentlemen he paid frequent visits,
and astonished them with his premature, and under-gradu-
ate knowledge of editions. His good humour, communica-
tive temper, and social disposition, made him welcome in
every staircase. Having advanced in his academical career,
and taken his first degree, he left Oxford; but returned to
be made Master of Arts, and again to have a Doctor of Di-
vinity’s hood, for which he went out grand compounded.
Dr. Gosset lived in Newman-street, and preached at Con-
duit Chapel. As a preacher, he was greatly admired, for
his delivery was elegant, his language fine, and his argu-
ments forcible. Before he became D. D. he married the
daughter of Mr. Hill, a timber-merchant, with a fortune of
6000Z., who fell in love with him for his preaching. On
account of his diminutive size, he was obliged to be ele-
vated in the pulpit, Upon two hassocks : during one of his
sermons, he slipped off, and Was missed, for some minutes,
by the congregation.
The Doctor was a cheerful companion, full of life and
animation, having always some pleasant anecdote to relate.
Soon after his marriage, he set up his chariot; and when he
became a father, he was exceedingly proud of exhibiting his
Son. His politics w’ere highly in favour of liberty : he has
been heard to declare, that he should be happy to see Pitt
dug up again and hanged. At home, he took particular
care nothing should be wasted; the following anecdote will
serve to shew his economy. Being once desirous of having
some alterations and repairs about his house, he sent for the
surveyor and carpenter. The former gave his opinion, and
the carpenter received orders to begin; but to his great sur-
prise, the doctor brought him a large quantity of old crooked
he was consigned to Dr. Kennicott, at Exeter college,
and placed under Mr. Hinton, a tutor of great celebrity.
Gosset had not been long at the university, before he
found Out Fletcher, in the Turl, and Dan. Prince, opposite
the Clarendon. To these gentlemen he paid frequent visits,
and astonished them with his premature, and under-gradu-
ate knowledge of editions. His good humour, communica-
tive temper, and social disposition, made him welcome in
every staircase. Having advanced in his academical career,
and taken his first degree, he left Oxford; but returned to
be made Master of Arts, and again to have a Doctor of Di-
vinity’s hood, for which he went out grand compounded.
Dr. Gosset lived in Newman-street, and preached at Con-
duit Chapel. As a preacher, he was greatly admired, for
his delivery was elegant, his language fine, and his argu-
ments forcible. Before he became D. D. he married the
daughter of Mr. Hill, a timber-merchant, with a fortune of
6000Z., who fell in love with him for his preaching. On
account of his diminutive size, he was obliged to be ele-
vated in the pulpit, Upon two hassocks : during one of his
sermons, he slipped off, and Was missed, for some minutes,
by the congregation.
The Doctor was a cheerful companion, full of life and
animation, having always some pleasant anecdote to relate.
Soon after his marriage, he set up his chariot; and when he
became a father, he was exceedingly proud of exhibiting his
Son. His politics w’ere highly in favour of liberty : he has
been heard to declare, that he should be happy to see Pitt
dug up again and hanged. At home, he took particular
care nothing should be wasted; the following anecdote will
serve to shew his economy. Being once desirous of having
some alterations and repairs about his house, he sent for the
surveyor and carpenter. The former gave his opinion, and
the carpenter received orders to begin; but to his great sur-
prise, the doctor brought him a large quantity of old crooked