 | William Robertson - 1857 - 600 sider
...out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits, or such as are placed in a more tranquil situation. By carrying some...his zeal in confuting his adversaries, to rage and scurrility. Accustomed himself to consider everything as subordinate to truth, he expected the same... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1857 - 516 sider
...out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits, or such as are placed in a more tranquil situation. By carrying some...his zeal in confuting his adversaries, to .rage and scurrility. Accustomed himself to consider everything as subordinate to truth, he expected the same... | |
 | William Robertson - 1857 - 602 sider
...out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits, or such as are placed in a more tranquil situation. By carrying some...he bordered sometimes on what was culpable, and was ofien betrayed into actions which exposed him to censure. His confidence that his own opinions were... | |
 | William Robertson - 1859 - 630 sider
...out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits, or such as are placed in a more tranquil situation. By carrying some...which exposed him to censure. His confidence that his OAVU opinions were well founded, approached to arrogance; his courage in asserting them, to rashness... | |
 | William Robertson, William Hickling Prescott - 1860 - 626 sider
...out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits, or such as are placed in a more tranquil situation. By carrying some...his zeal in confuting his adversaries, to rage and scurrility. Accustomed himself to consider everything as subordinate to truth, he expected the same... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1860 - 354 sider
...been a very extraordinary man, if he had never fjlt any sentiment of this kind rising in his breast. By carrying some praiseworthy dispositions to excess,...was culpable, and was often betrayed into actions that exposed him to censure. — Robertson. The Scriptures are an authoritative voice, reproving, instructing,... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1862 - 324 sider
...sentiment of this kind rising in his breast. It may have escaped his notice ; but such was the fact. By carrying some praiseworthy dispositions to excess,...bordered sometimes on what was culpable, and was often b° trayed into actions that exposed him to censure.The Scriptures are an authoritative voice, reproving,... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1865 - 354 sider
...been a very extraordinary man, if he had never fjlt any sentiment of this kind rising in his breast. By carrying some praiseworthy dispositions to excess,...was culpable, and was often betrayed into actions that exposed him to censure. — Robertson. The Scriptures are an authoritative voice, reproving, instructing,... | |
 | Andrew Miller - 1874 - 724 sider
...out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits, or such as are placed in a more tranquil situation. By carrying some...culpable, and was often betrayed into actions which exposeJ him to censure. His confidence that his own opinions were well-founded approached to arrogance... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1878 - 1146 sider
...temper." Dr. Robertson, the historian, says that " this confidence that his own opinions were wellfounded approached to arrogance ; his courage in asserting...his zeal in confuting his adversaries to rage and scurrility." We gather from Robinson's " Ecclesiastical Researches," whose quaintuess is shown by their... | |
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... his virtues. His mind, forcible and vehement in all its operations, roused by great objects or agitated by violent passions, broke out, on many occasions, with an impetuosity which astonishes men of feebler spirits or such as are placed in a more... 
