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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent ... - Page 64
by John Aikin - 1807
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The History of Scotland, Volume 2

William Robertson - 1817 - 444 pages
...establishing the reformed religion in Scotland, of Knox. ended his life, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...cultivated among divines in that age ; and excelled » Id. 3S4-. z See Appendix, No. XXXVIII. • Spotsw. 261 . AA 4 BO o K in that species of eloquence...
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of ..., Volume 4

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - 1819 - 542 pages
...History of Scotland, book VI. " Zeal, intrepidity, disinter' estedness (says that incomparable writer) were virtues which ' he possessed in an eminent degree....was acquainted ' too, with the learning cultivated in that age ; and ex' celled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to ' rouse and to inflame....
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The history of Scotland, during the reigns of queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - 1821 - 432 pages
...^^J^'"1 the reformed religion in Scotland, ended his life in of Knox. the sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame b. His maxims, 1 See Appendix, No. XXXVIII. » Spotsw. 261 . b A striking description of...
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The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 2

William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 436 pages
...^racier*1 the reformed religion in Scotland, ended his life in of Knox. the sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame b. His maxims, z See Appendix, No. XXXVIII. • Spotsw. 26 1 . b A striking description...
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The works of William Robertson, D.D., with an account of his life ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - 1824 - 498 pages
...establishing the reformed religion in Scotland, ended his life, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...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....
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Form the Birth of ..., Volume 3

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - 1824 - 576 pages
...History of Scotland, book vi. " Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness," says that incomparable writer, " were virtues which he 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 calculated to rouse and lo inflame....
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Form the Birth of ..., Volume 3

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - 1824 - 574 pages
...virtues which he 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 calculated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive....
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The Works of Wm. Robertson, D.D.: History of Scotland, books VI-VIII. A ...

William Robertson - 1825 - 494 pages
...establishing Knox?' ° the reformed religion in Scotland, ended his life in the sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame b. His maxims, however, » Cald. ii. 364. « See Appendix, No. XXXVIII. ' Spotsw. 261. b...
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An ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern, tr. by A. Maclaine, Volume 4

Johann Lorenz von Mosheim - 1826 - 474 pages
...History of Scotland, book vi. " Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness (says " that incomparable writer) were virtues which he possessed in "an eminent degree....acquainted, too, with the learning •* cultivated in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence • which is calculated to rouse and to inflame....
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The History of Scotland, and an Historical Disquisition Concerning Ancient India

William Robertson - 1828 - 746 pages
...ch»ract«r<>r ended his life in the sixty-seventh year of his age. Zeal, intrepidity, Knoxdisinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree....species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame3. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive....
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