The Preacher and the King: Or, Bourdaloue in the Court of Louis XIV : Being an Account of the Pulpit Eloquence of that Distinguished EraGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 338 páginas |
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... admirable his- torical novel of the time of Louis XIV .; and the story is told so well , and there are such vivid character paint- ing and keen criticism of men and manners in it , that it might be questioned , after all , whether the ...
... admirable his- torical novel of the time of Louis XIV .; and the story is told so well , and there are such vivid character paint- ing and keen criticism of men and manners in it , that it might be questioned , after all , whether the ...
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... admirable intellectual gym- nastics . Fortified by this trial , our faculties apply themselves with suc- cess to every department of science . The mind , fashioned by them to command language , finds in language itself an auxiliary to ...
... admirable intellectual gym- nastics . Fortified by this trial , our faculties apply themselves with suc- cess to every department of science . The mind , fashioned by them to command language , finds in language itself an auxiliary to ...
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... admirable woman , whose elevated character he had portrayed in the Madeleine of " The Priest and the Huguenot . " " She it was , " says Bruyn , " who taught me to keep my eyes fixed on heaven . Never did the con- templation of divine ...
... admirable woman , whose elevated character he had portrayed in the Madeleine of " The Priest and the Huguenot . " " She it was , " says Bruyn , " who taught me to keep my eyes fixed on heaven . Never did the con- templation of divine ...
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... admirable groups that en- rich the historic gallery of his native land . He has seen , for instance , in Claude , the Christian energy to grapple with sin in high places ; in Bourdaloue , the aching consciousness of paltering with duty ...
... admirable groups that en- rich the historic gallery of his native land . He has seen , for instance , in Claude , the Christian energy to grapple with sin in high places ; in Bourdaloue , the aching consciousness of paltering with duty ...
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... admirable as a whole , it may seem invidious to detach , as especially fine , any one passage . Yet some there are so pathetic , so thrilling , so magnificent , that they force themselves upon the memory . Who , for instance , can ...
... admirable as a whole , it may seem invidious to detach , as especially fine , any one passage . Yet some there are so pathetic , so thrilling , so magnificent , that they force themselves upon the memory . Who , for instance , can ...
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Abbé admirable appeared astonishment beautiful believe better Bible Bishop of Meaux Bossuet Bourdaloue's Bridaine chapel CHAPTER character Charenton Christian church Claude cloth commenced confess conversation Cotin court courtiers dared discourse Duke eloquence eyes fact Father Bourdaloue fear feel Fénélon France genius give glory hear heard heart hotel de Rambouillet Huguenot idea imagine impression interest Jansenists Jesuit king king's language least less listen Louis XIV Madame de Maintenon Madame de Montespan majesty Marquis Massillon mind minister Monsieur de Condom never orator perceive perhaps piety Port-Royal possess praise preacher preaching present priest prince Protestant Protestantism pulpit Puritan Recorder reader reason regard religion remarkable sacred scarcely Scripture seems seen sermon Sire soul speak style talent thing thought tion true truth Versailles Voltaire volume whole wish words write
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Página 109 - What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Página 130 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom ; but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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Página 199 - And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.