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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 the Church of England, Volume 1

John Bayly Somers Carwithen - 1849 - 618 pages
...as it has been finished by an able and impartial hand. " Zeal, intrepidity, and disinterestedness, he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted...species of eloquence, which is calculated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims were impracticably severe, aad the impetuosity of his temper was uncontrolled....
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The History of Scotland: During the Reign of Queen Mary and King James VI ...

William Robertson - 1856 - 616 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.11 His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive....
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The History of Scotland, During the Reign of Queen Mary and of King James VI ...

William Robertson - 1857 - 624 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.ll His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive....
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The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal ...

William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 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 Great Triumphs of Great Men

James Mason - 1875 - 674 pages
...never feared the face of man ! ' Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which John Knox 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 inflame. His...
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The Great and Eccentric Characters of the World, Their Lives and Their Deeds ...

1877 - 814 pages
...character is thus drawn by Dr. Robertson. "Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues that he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that -' 'es of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame....
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Kulturgeschichte des neunzehnten jahrhunderts in ihren beziehungen zu der ...

Ernst Hallier - 1889 - 872 pages
...Bezeichnung Chauvinismus Anlass gegeben hat. Auch der schottische Reformator Knox wird so geschildert: Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. His maxims were often too severe and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Regardless of the distinctions...
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680-1638

Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 pages
...that he was like to ding the pulpit in blads and flie out of it. — MKLVILLE, JAMES, 1601, Diary. Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...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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William Robertson and the Expansion of Empire

Stewart J. Brown, Stewart Jay Brown - 1997 - 298 pages
...founding father of the Scottish Reformation, the cunning of providence shades subtly into iconoclasmi Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues...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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