 Bourdaloue is, indeed, a great reasoner, and inculcates his doctrines with much zeal, piety, and earnestness; but his style is verbose, he is disagreeably full of quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment,...  The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster - Page 345de Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...Massillon retained in his old age all the purity of his taste, although he had lost the vivacity of ' and inculcates his doctrines •with much zeal, piety,...full of quotations from the Fathers, and he wants imagina' tion. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment, and, hi ' my opinion, every way more genius.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pages
...Massillon, a more pleasing and engaging marsner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoncr, and inculeates his doctrines with much zeal, piety, and earnestness...quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment, and, in my opinion, every way more genius. He discovers much... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1811 - 464 pages
...engaging manner. Board aloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates his doctrines with much zea!, piety, and earnestness; but his style is verbose,...full of quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagina* tion. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment, and, in my opinion, every way more genius.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 pages
...they attribute more solidity and close reasoning ; to Massillon, a more pleasing and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates...quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment, and, in my opinion, every way more genius. He discovers much... | |
 | 1825 - 512 pages
...reasoning ; to Massillon a more pleasing and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasouer, and inculcates his doctrines with much zeal, piety,...earnestness : but his style is verbose, he is disagreeably mil of quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...reasoning ; to Massillon, a more pleasing and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great rcasoner, and inculcates his doctrines with much zeal, piety,...quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. EXERCISES on the preceding RULES. 1. By deferring our repentance, we accumulate our sorrows. 2. As,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 pages
...and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates his doctrines with mach zeal, piety, and earnestness ; but his style is verbose,...quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment, and, in my opinion, every way more genius. He discovers much... | |
 | 1825 - 502 pages
...they attribute more solidity and close reasoning ; to Massillon a more pleasing and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates...quotations from the fathers, and he wants imagination. Massillon has more grace, more sentiment, and, in my opinion, every way more genius. He discovers much... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...critics attribute more solidity and close reasoning ; to Massillon, a more pleasing and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates...quotations from the Fathers, and he wants imagination. 8. Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil the better artist : in the one, we most admire the man ; in... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...critics attribute more solidity and close reasoning ; to Massillon, a more pleasing and engaging manner. Bourdaloue is indeed a great reasoner, and inculcates...quotations from the Fathers, and he wants imagination. EXERCISES on the preceding RULES. 1. By deferring our repentance, we accumulate our sorrows. 2. As,... | |
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