I haven't any hesitation in asking, because I am sure you will feel interested in a case like mine, and because it was your writingsreally that brought me here, you know.
It was the source of Elizabethan Non-conformity, and 'it is in the writings of Knox and Goodman that those doctrines were first unflinchingly expounded which eventually became the tradition of Puritanism.
There is evidence in his ownwritings that when at the close of that time he came forth to take up the public work, he had already formed his conclusions as to all the main principles on which it was to proceed.
This the defenders of the cause have sufficiently proved in their no less erudite than learned writings with their very strong arguments and their unsurpassable learning.
But the Honourable Rainaldi, whose words and writings I venerate, in his Observationes Criminales (cap.
Concurrently with the tendency to discriminate between the higher authority of certain writings and the lower authority of others, there was also a tendency to collect and group together writings of the first class.
An idea of his writings can be gathered from the fragments of Teles, a cynic philosopher who lived towards the end of the 3rd century, and who made great use of them.
Hence the first Christian writings were no deliberate product of theologians who supposed themselves to be laying the foundation of a sacred volume.
The writings are to be connected, either more or less closely, with John of Ephesus, who was a prominent figure towards the end of the 1st century.
Moreover, some of the "authorities" used by the Schoolmen had been discovered by the New Learning of the Renaissance to be no authorities at all, such as the writings falsely attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite.
It was the deep impression made by these which prepared Christians generally to accept the apostolic writings as inspired, and therefore sacred.
On the other hand, archaeology has in some cases greatly strengthened the critical judgment that certainwritings (e.
His early writings show him as an ardent advocate of German unity, and he was a member of the national parliament which met at Frankfort in 1848.
It must not be thought that the primitive Christian literature came abruptly to an end with the writings that are included in our present New Testament.
Christians are to be on their guard against writings put forth in the interest of heretical sects.
As a boy he showed great aptitude for study, and at first devoted himself to theology, but under the influence of Wolff's writings he took up mathematics and philosophy on the lines of Wolff and Leibnitz.
In that case it was probably not written with any direct polemic against writings of St Paul, but against hearsay versions of his teaching that had reached Jerusalem.
A version of the treatise against war, made from the Latin text of the Adagia with some omissions, is the main substance of the volume; and Knox added a few extracts from otherwritings of Erasmus on the same subject.
Yea, and they be very few in comparison of the holy fathers that were before them, which with their writings persuade us to flee war.
But already before the new doctrine socialism had received a characteristic imprint which was proletarian, thanks to the propaganda and the writings of Weitling.
Much of the alleged obscurity of Perez's writings is just due to the desire of avoiding the censor's blue pencil, and the more dangerous a more direct approach becomes, the more delicate must be the allegory.
Ettinger had studied medicine at Lemberg, where he became acquainted with the Judeo-German writings of Mendel Lefin, who is regarded as the first man of modern times to use the dialect of everyday life for literary purposes.
But a glance at the writings of the two is sufficient to convince us that there is a wide difference in the methods pursued by them, and in the results achieved.
The oldest of these may be conveniently called the Talmudical substratum, as in those older writings the prototypes of them can be found.
Of an entirely different tendency are the writings of Jacob Dienesohn, although akin to 'Isabella' in the sympathy he shows for the older generation.
This is to be greatly regretted, as his books throw light on a period of history for which there is no other documentary evidence except that given by the writings of men who lived at that time.
Ettinger and Gottlober are known to have received their first lessons in Judeo-German composition through the writings of Lefin, while by inference one may regard him also as the prototype of Aksenfeld and Zweifel.
It is only later, beginning with the writings of Dick, that the real deterioration takes place.
These verses, like his prose works, belong among the most cherished writings of the Russian Jews and have been reprinted in a large number of editions.
In this book the author passes in review the writings of Schaikewitsch and his like who have been supplying the people with a worthless literature.
In the more external form of composition there is again a vast progress from the writings of Lefin to the style and diction of Abramowitsch.
From the natives of this particular district was gleaned that record of rustic humour which makes the Sussex peasant depicted in his writings so real to those who know him.
There is in this church a window in memory of Lower, a fitting tribute to the historian of Sussex, but his best memorial will always be that work that is still the basis of most writings on the past of the county.
In his published writings are many evidences of my brother's appreciation of what he has somewhere characterized the "soothing affliction of bibliomania.
The error is very rare in English; the Fowlers, seeking examples of it, could get them only from the writings of a third-rate woman novelist, Scotch to boot.
All the doctrine to be found in the writings of St. Francois, among much excellent practical advice, might be summed up in these words--to love and to wait.
Molinos' book, with its artful and premeditated composition, has a character entirely its own, which distinguishes it from the natural and inspired writings of the great mystics.
The man who, by his character and genius is the farthest removed from passive measures, he who in his writings condemns them the most strongly, even Bossuet, in practice tends towards them, like the others.
So far from wishing to stifle the voice of my adversaries, I have claimed for their writings the same liberty I asked for my own.
These immoral French writings are all marked with the initials of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Very early in his life, judging by the recently published writings of his youth, Hegel became interested in various phases of movement and change.
Now, if for penance we substitute Mitzvoth, we find in this passage almost the caricature of the Jewish theory that meets us in the writings of German theologians.
In the Holy Writings the same may be seen, for it is written (Proverbs xix.
It must be remarked that Glossin had shuffled among the papers some writings which really did belong to Bertram, and which had been found by the officers in the old vault where his portmanteau was ransacked.
And yet these are the writings which men, consecrated to the service of Him who styles Himself the Holy One, have prostituted their pens to illustrate!
If Colonel Murray admired Cobbett's writings he was not singular, as he was perhaps the most forcible political writer in the English language.
He aimed at no ornament: the beauty of his writings consisted in their perspicuity and strength.
Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century.
It is well known that the writings of La Fontaine were laboured into that facility for which they are so famous, with repeated alterations and many erasures.
Well might our poet's last wish be to commit his writings to the candour of a sensible and reflecting judge, rather than to the malice of every short-sighted and malevolent critic.
Many of Pope's writings are strewed with Miltonic phrases, though they need not be pointed out, and certainly do not detract from his general merit.
This last circumstance was mentioned by Warton in his Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, long before the Anecdotes of Spence were published, and Johnson commented upon the statement in his review of Warton's work.
He has characterised some of these critics in a manner which betrays that he had never looked into their works, and what he says of the rest only required that he should know their writings by repute.
There are innumerable allusions in thewritings of the time to the magnificence of the dresses at the birth-night balls.
He said that all Pope's writings were pre-eminent for "the happy association of great coolness of judgment with great heat of imagination.
The narrative is found in a Catalogue of Erasmus' writingscomposed in 1523.
Writings of Ralph Hamor, William Strachey and other early writers.
Writings of: William Strachey, Thomas Hariot, Ralph Hamor, Robert Beverley, and other early writers.
In the peace and solitude of the pasture he studied Machiavelli's Arte of Warre and the writings of Marcus Aurelius.
From this time forth he proved his devotion to Heloise and her nuns by the large body of writings which he composed for their edification.
His writingsshow little rhetoric; yet they are stamped with a Baconian style, which has a cumulative force.
Though dogs may bark and pigs may grunt, I shall always pattern on the writings of the ancients; with them shall be my occupation; nor ever, while I am able, shall the sun find me idle.
In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers.
And, finally, while there are histories of the classic literature in every modern tongue, there exists no general work upon mediaeval Latin writings regarded as literature.
Within his range of opportunity, Alanus was a universal reader, and his writings discover traces of the men of importance from Pseudo-Dionysius and Eriugena down to John of Salisbury and Gundissalinus.
In considering the Latin writings of the Middle Ages one should bear in mind the differences between Italy and the North with respect to the ancient language.
And it is evident from his writings that his knowledge (except in logic) had no special or scientific source, but was derived from a promiscuous reading of Latin literature.
The writings of the ancient fathers contain constant allusions to it.
To his fond solicitude for his daughters we owe a part of the writings wherewith he has enriched our literature.
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