Clergymen and Doctors: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches.

by Anonymous

WITTICISMS OF ARCHBISHOP WHATELY.

"What is the difference," asked Archbishop Whately of a young clergyman he was examining, "between a form and a ceremony? The meaning seems nearly the same; yet there is a very nice distinction." Various answers were given. "Well," he said, "it lies in this: you sit upon a form, but you stand upon ceremony."

"Morrow's Library" is the Mudie's of Dublin, and the Rev. Mr. Day a popular preacher. "How inconsistent," said Archbishop Whately, "is the piety of certain ladies here! They go to Day for a sermon, and to Morrow for a novel!"

At a dinner-party Archbishop Whately called out suddenly to the host: "Mr. ——!" There was silence. "Mr. ——, what is the proper female companion of this John Dory?" After the usual number of guesses the answer came: "Anne Chovy."