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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... feeling , the steadfastness and honesty of purpose eminently German ; from his mother , a Swiss Vaudoise , the shrewd sense and contempt for conventionalities which characterize her countrymen . " The child was father to the man , " and ...
... feeling , the steadfastness and honesty of purpose eminently German ; from his mother , a Swiss Vaudoise , the shrewd sense and contempt for conventionalities which characterize her countrymen . " The child was father to the man , " and ...
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... feeling its need of a Saviour , and the utter powerlessness of man's appliances to relieve and succor ; and they who were privileged to hear will never forget the thrilling ac cents of his holy eloquence . The effect of this discourse ...
... feeling its need of a Saviour , and the utter powerlessness of man's appliances to relieve and succor ; and they who were privileged to hear will never forget the thrilling ac cents of his holy eloquence . The effect of this discourse ...
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... feel alone on earth , then it is we cling closely to our heavenly Father's hand ; it is sorrow , not joy , that makes us seek after communion with him - and is not communion with God - prayer the very nerve of preaching ? Till 1851 , he ...
... feel alone on earth , then it is we cling closely to our heavenly Father's hand ; it is sorrow , not joy , that makes us seek after communion with him - and is not communion with God - prayer the very nerve of preaching ? Till 1851 , he ...
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... feel that he is pressing forward to the mark ; that his aim is not to make a book , but to prove from history the intimate connection be- tween Popery , infidelity , and proffigacy ; to show what were those men whom Rome tracked like ...
... feel that he is pressing forward to the mark ; that his aim is not to make a book , but to prove from history the intimate connection be- tween Popery , infidelity , and proffigacy ; to show what were those men whom Rome tracked like ...
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... feeling , probably , is owing the fact that no nation is so rich in those biographical memoirs which are the materials for general history , and out of which a judicious writer may cull notices of inci- dents and individuals , which ...
... feeling , probably , is owing the fact that no nation is so rich in those biographical memoirs which are the materials for general history , and out of which a judicious writer may cull notices of inci- dents and individuals , which ...
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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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