Note 43 — HOGARTH.
Reading edition
In this he resembled a man whose simplicity of manners and integrity of life give me a pride in avowing myself one of his descendants.
"He could not bear that any one should in their absence be evil spoken of; and in such cases frequently recommended the person who censured to peruse that verse in Leviticus xix. 14, which says, Thou shalt not curse the deaf"; adding, "Those that are absent are deaf."—Life of Rev. Philip Henry, Orton's edition, p. 252.