 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 pages
...book of devotion.25 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... | |
 | James Monroe Buckley - 1896 - 770 pages
...Gibbon also commends him in the very highest terms, speaking of his " Serious Call " as a masterpiece. " Many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Uruyere. ... A philosopher must allow that he exposes with equal severity and truth the strange contradiction... | |
 | James Monroe Buckley - 1898 - 508 pages
...Gibbon also commends him in the very highest terms, speaking of his " Serious Call " as a masterpiece. " Many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. ... A philosopher must allow that he exposes with equal severity and truth the strange contradiction... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 370 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 20 unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will soon... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 720 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 arc not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere. If he finds a spark of piety in his reader's mind, he will... | |
 | John Dennis - 1899 - 294 pages
...who writes : ' Mr. Law's 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.' Law's art as a portrait painter... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 pages
...book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel l ; 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... | |
 | John Henry Overton - 1902 - 524 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... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 810 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... | |
 | John Dennis - 1906 - 286 pages
...who writes : ' Mr. Law's 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.' Law's art as a portrait painter... | |
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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... 
