I love the way he talks, I think he is British! Whilst is an old fashioned word (while) and he was talking about the Victorian era, I thought it was a good choice especially since he is British.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29