 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 Seiten
...he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age ; grief, and ill to know of ill. fifi * Denham. Not...wisdom. Milton. i hese are resolved into a confessed ig he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character,... | |
 | John Britton, Thomas Hosmer Shepherd - 1829 - 368 Seiten
...an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning 54 EDINBURGH. cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is...to rouse and to inflame. His maxims, however, were too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying, he showed no indulgence... | |
 | William Robertson - 1831 - 372 Seiten
...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 to inflame48. His 46 See Appendix, No. XXXVIII. « Spolsw. 261. 48 A striking description of that species... | |
 | William Robertson - 1835 - 630 Seiten
...in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in thai age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is...temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1835 - 626 Seiten
...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 to inflame.H His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive.... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1835 - 1294 Seiten
...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 to inflame.b 'His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive.... | |
 | William Jones - 1838 - 696 Seiten
...possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is...shewed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. And regardless of the distinctions of rank and character, he uttered his admonitions with an acrimony... | |
 | William Robertson - 1844 - 620 Seiten
...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...temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character,... | |
 | John Bayly Somers Carwithen - 1849 - 618 Seiten
...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 to inflame. His maxims were impracticably severe, aad the impetuosity of his temper was uncontrolled. Kigid and uncompromising... | |
 | William Robertson - 1851 - 564 Seiten
...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 to inflame. b His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper -excessive. Rigid and... | |
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Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character, he uttered his admonitions with an acrimony and vehemence, more apt to irritate than to reclaim. 
