| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 396 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life;...not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame , and a philosopher must allow... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life;...not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame, and a philosopher must allow... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 382 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ;...of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Uruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame, and... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ;...not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame ; and a philosopher must allow... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ;...not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame ; and a philosopher must allow... | |
| Walter Farquhar Hook - 1851 - 620 pages
...Perfection," 8vo. The author's precepts in them are strict. His satire is sharp, but his wisdom is from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy the pen of La Bruyere. Besides these pieces, he published " The Absolute Unlawfulness of Stage Entertainments... | |
| William Law - 1851 - 350 pages
...are rigid, but they are formed and derived from the Gospel ; his satire is sharp, but his wisdom is from the knowledge of human life ; and many of his portraits are not unworthy the pen of La Bruyere. If there yet exists a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 518 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the Gospel ; his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life;...not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame ; and a philosopher must allow... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 516 pages
...Gospel ; his satire is sharp, but it is > See Bishop Honiu's ' Cautions to the Readers of Mr Law.' drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyère. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame ; and... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel : his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ;...of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyère. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame ; and... | |
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