| Joseph Berington - 1787 - 546 页
...narration of incidents. In his theological trads he is more jejune, and in his letters, he has not the M, elegance, . nor the harmony, nor the foul of Heloifa....an uncommon man. Nor was he uncommon in his moral charader. He had not to thank nature for any great degree of fenfibility, that fource of pain and of... | |
| Joseph Berington - 1788 - 564 页
...nor do I difcover any traces of that genius and vivid energy of foul, which he certainly poffefled, and which rendered him fo formidable in the fchools...an uncommon man. Nor was he uncommon in his moral charader. He had not to thank nature for any great degree of fenfibility, that fource of pain and of... | |
| Joseph Berington - 1793 - 382 页
...and it labors on through a tedious and digreflive narration of incidents. In his theological tracts he is more jejune, and in his letters, he has not...the age feared the fire of his tongue , we certainly fhould be inclined to fay , perufing his works , that Abeillard .was not an uncommon man. Nor was he... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 页
...more jejune, and in bis letters he has not the elegance, nor the harmony, nor the soul of Heloise. Therefore, did we not know how much his abilities...what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 510 页
...more jejune, and in his letters he has not the elegance, nor the harmony, nor the soul of Heloise. Therefore, did we not know how' much his abilities...what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 516 页
...has not the elegance, nor the harmony, nor the soul of Heloise. Therefore, did we not know how niuch his abilities were extolled by his contemporaries,...what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say,... | |
| 1819 - 532 页
...more jejune, and in his letters, he has not the elegance, nor the harmony, nor the soul of Heloisa. Therefore, did we not know, how much his abilities...what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say,... | |
| John Platts - 1825 - 564 页
...more jejune, and in his letters he has not the elegance, nor the harmony, nor the soul of Heloise. Therefore, did we not know how much his abilities...what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say,... | |
| 1838 - 1056 页
...more jejune, and in his letters he has not the elegance, nor the harmony, nor the soul of Heloise. Therefore did we not know how much his abilities were...what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say,... | |
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