 He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame.!! His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive....  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 194edited by - 1759Full view - About this book
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtue* which Knox possessed in an eminent degree. He wa» acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims, however, were often too... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1807 - 684 pages
...reformed religion in Scotland. . Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated among divines in that age; and excelled in that species of eloquence, which is calculated to rouse... | |
 | James Grahame - English poetry - 1807 - 264 pages
...in the fifth year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and... | |
 | John Mackenzie (of Huntingdon.) - Reformation - 1809 - 424 pages
...impartial a testimony. " Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness/' says he, " were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with...learning cultivated in that age; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims, however, were often too... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1810 - 412 pages
...sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with...learning cultivated in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims, however, were often too... | |
 | Johann Lorenz von Mosheim - 1810 - 542 pages
...Zeal, intrepidity, disinter" estedness (says that incomparable writer) \verevirtueswhich " he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted " too, with the learning cultivated in that age; and ex. " celled in that species of eloquence wliich is calculated to " rouse and to inflame, His, maxims,,... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Bibliography - 1811 - 558 pages
...that age ; and excelled in that " fpecies of iluquence which is calculated to roufe and to in" flame. His maxims, however, were often too fevere, and " the impetuofity of his temper cxccffive. Ripid and uncom'• plying hinr>ltlf| he (hewed no indulgence to the infirmities of " others.... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1811 - 524 pages
...says that incomparable writer, were virtues which he possessed in an emincnt degree. He was aequainted too, with the learning cultivated in that age; and excelled in that ipecies of eloquence which is caleulated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims however were often too... | |
 | William Robertson - Scotland - 1811 - 538 pages
...sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 652 pages
...8ixty-u'Kn°xseventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated ' Cald. ii. 305. J Id. 354. * See Append. No. XXXVIII. • Spotsw. 261. D<v?K amonS Divines in that... | |
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