[Ads-l] "up to the chalk" antedated (?) to 1796

[Stephen Goranson]

1796, Feb. 27 (Wed.). Massachusetts Spy [Worcester; AmHistN] p.1 col. 1:

REFORMED RAKES MAKE THE BEST HUSBANDS.
In attending to this passage, we shall endeavour to depart from the common mode of preaching, as little as possible; or, in other words, to be fully up to the chalk.

Stephen Goranson



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