Irenaeus is described by Dr. Tregelles 'as a close and careful quoter in general from the New Testament' [Endnote 49:2].

Every man is, according to Mr. Hunt, a dull potato-eating blockheadof no greater value to God or man than any ox or dray-horsewho is not an admirer of Voltaire's romans, a worshipper of Lord Holland and Mr. Haydon and a quoter of John Buncle and Chaucer's Flower and Leaf.