| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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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