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" Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated... "
General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent ... - Page 64
by John Aikin - 1807
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SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pages
...in the 671(1 year of his age-. Zeal, intrepidity, difmtereftednefs, were virtues which hepofjefied,' in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning, cultivated in that age; and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence, which is calculated to rouze, and to inflame....
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 20

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1759 - 636 pages
...in the 6/th year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, difintereftednefs, were virtues which hepofieffed, in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning, cultivated in that age; and excelled in that fpecies 'of eloquence, which is calculated to rouze, and to inflame....
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The history of Scotland, during the reigns of queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - 1771 - 458 pages
...67 th year of his age. Zeal, intre- nox' pidity, difmtereftednefs, were virtues which he poflefled, in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence, which is calculated to rouze, and to inflame....
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The History of Scotland: During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1787 - 620 pages
...fixty-feventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, difintereftednefs, were virtues which he poffeffed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with...cultivated among divines in that age; and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence which is calculated to roufe and to inflame. His. maxims, however, wer« often...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1791 - 322 pages
...reformed religion in Scotland. Zeal, intrepidity, difintereftednefs, were virtues which he pofiefTed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence, which is caleulated to roufe and to inflame....
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 21

English literature - 1759 - 760 pages
...in the 07 th year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, diiintereftednel*, were virtues which he polielled in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated in that age -, and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence which is calculated to roufe, and to inflame....
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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1794 - 620 pages
...fixty-feventh year of his age. Zeal, intrer pidity, difintereftednefs, were virtues which he pofTefled in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines jn that age ; and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence which is calculated to roufc and to in» See...
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Encyclopędia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 9, Part 2

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...character is drawn by Dr Robertfon. " Zeal, intrepidity, difmtereftednefs, were viitues that he poflefltd in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that fpecies of eloquence which is calculated to roufe and to inflame....
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of ..., Volume 4

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1803 - 544 pages
...possessed in an eminent degree. He was ac1 quainted, too, with the learning caltivated in that age j 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....
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Biographia Scotica; or, Scottish biographical dictionary

John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...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 severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive....
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