He generally taxed it in his sermon, and I frequently heard his thunderous accents in the depths of my cell, when he was preaching to the other half of the establishment.

His personal appearance harmonised with his voice.

His countenance was austere, and his manner overbearing.

The latter trait may have been intensified by his low stature.

It is a fact of general observation that there is no pomposity like the pomposity of littleness.