 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 pages
...' Cautions to the Readers uf Mr Law.' 3 x drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of h is portraits are 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... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - 1865 - 618 pages
...19s. 6d. ' Law's precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the Gospel; his satire is sharp, but ia drawn from the knowledge of human life; and many of his portraits are not unworthy the pen of La Bruyère.' — Gibbon. Л serious Call to a devout and*holy Life, 8vo. 8s. The most popular... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1870 - 1344 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts arc 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 Bniyere. If he finds a spark of piety in hit* reader's mind he will soon kindle it to a flame; and... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts tire rigid, but they tire founded on the gospel; hie satire ¡э 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 «park of piety in the reader's mind, he will tioon kindle it into a flame;... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 650 pages
...of devotion. Hie precepts are rigid, but they are founded on tho' gospel ; his •a tire ¡л sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ; and many of his portrait* are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyère. If he finds a spark of piety in the reader's... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1877 - 238 pages
...hook of devotion. His precepts are rigid, hut they are founded on the gospel 5 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... | |
 | 1877 - 992 pages
...adding that Law's " precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the Gospel. His satire is sharp, but is drawn from the knowledge of human life, and many...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." Similar language was addressed... | |
 | 1878 - 916 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, and many of his portraits are not unworthy of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon kindle it to a flame, and... | |
 | John Henry Overton - 1881 - 504 pages
...vital religion. - Boswell's Life of Johnson, in 10 vols., i. 67. 1 1 2 Influence of the ' Serious Call' of human life, and many of his portraits are 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... | |
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Call, is still read as a popular and powerful 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; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of... 
