 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...Knox possessed in an eminent degree. He wa» acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is...temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character,... | |
 | John Stark - Biography - 1805 - 488 pages
...Knox possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated in that age; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is...were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his Semper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to this infirmities of others.... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 602 pages
...he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 594 pages
...cultivated in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of hia temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying, he show, ed no indulgence to the infirmities of others.... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1807 - 684 pages
...an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated among divines in that age; and excelled in that species of eloquence, which is calculated to rouse and inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1810 - 412 pages
...he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is...temper excessive. Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character,... | |
 | William Robertson - Scotland - 1811 - 538 pages
...in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame.ll His maxims, however, were often too severe, and • Cald. 354. t See Appendix, No. XXXVIII.... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 652 pages
...Cald. ii. 305. J Id. 354. * See Append. No. XXXVIII. • Spotsw. 261. D<v?K amonS Divines in that age ; and excelled in that species =.= of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame u. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated among divines in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated among divines in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive. Rigid... | |
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Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character, he uttered his admonitions with an acrimony and vehemence, more apt to irritate than to reclaim. 
