 | Henry Clissold - 1829 - 716 pages
...without * Adami Vitae, fol. 74, &c. f Journal des S?avants cle 1704, fol. 226, ex Loeberi Hist. Eccles. any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...more impatient of contradiction. Having lived to be witness of his own amazing success ; to see a great part of Europe embrace his doctrines ; and to shake... | |
 | William Robertson - 1829 - 628 pages
...irom the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...irascible, and more impatient of contradiction. Having nved to be a witness of his own amazing success, to see a great part of Europe embrace his doctrines... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 496 pages
...from the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...the infirmities of his temper increased upon him; he was worn down with care and labour, with disease and pain. External events also were, at that juncture,... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...declension»f'2his zeal or abilities, the inlirinjtigs of bis. teinper incrcascil upon him '3, so that hq daily grew more peevish, more irascible, and more , impatient of contradiction. Having lived to he witness of hip own »rnazing success; to see a great part of Em-ope embrace his doctrines ; arid... | |
 | John Scott - 1833 - 374 pages
...from the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...a great part of Europe embrace his doctrines; and tfl shake the foundation of the papal throne, before which the mightiest monarchs had trembled; he... | |
 | John Scott - 1833 - 374 pages
...reason to believe it correct, is the following : " Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...more irascible, and more impatient of contradiction." This is the very imputation which his worst enemies labour to fix upon him. " Never," says Marmbourg,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pages
...from the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...more irascible, and more impatient of contradiction. Some parts of Luther's behavior, which to us appears most culpable, gave no disgust to his contemporaries.... | |
 | William Robertson - 1836 - 662 pages
...from the danger? which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...lived to be a witness of his own amazing success, to •ee a great part of Europe embrace bis doctrines ; and to shake the foundation of the papal throne,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1836 - 662 pages
...from the dancen which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...his temper increased upon him, so that he grew daily inore peevish, more irascible, and more impatient of contradiction. Having lived to be a witness of... | |
 | William Robertson - 1838 - 658 pages
...from the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life, though without any perceptible diminution of his zeal or abilities,...foundation of the papal throne, before which the mightiest mpnarchs had trembled, he discovered, on some occasions, symptoms of vanity and self applause. He must... | |
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A gentle call would neither have reached, nor have excited those to whom it was addressed. A spirit more amiable, but less vigorous than Luther's, would have shrunk back from the dangers which he braved and surmounted. Towards the close of Luther's life,... 
