 This art of his is used with the most exact and honest skill. He never attempts your passions until he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form are laid open and dispersed before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when...  The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 125edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...: he never attempts ydur passions, until he had convinced year reason. All the objections* which he can form, are laid open and dispersed, before he uses...in his sermon: but when he thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart ; and aever pretends to show the beauty of holiness, until he hath convinced... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...and has so soft and graceful a behaviour, that it must attract your attention. His person," continues this author, " it is to be confessed, is no small...his sermon ; but when he thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart, and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, till he has convinced... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 342 pages
...Hospital, where he was. twenty years minister and preacher. * Dr. Atterbury. the objections which he can form are laid open and dispersed, before he uses...his sermon ; but when he thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart; and never pretends to show the beauty of holiness, until he hath convinced... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...skill : he never attempts your passions till he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form are laid open and dispersed before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when Steale acknowledges that the amiable character of the Dean, in Tatler, No. 66. was drawn for Dr. Atterbury,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...criticism of Longinus) an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes. He never attempts ynur passions, till he has convinced your reason. All the...uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when be thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart, and never pretends to show the beauty of... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 326 pages
...the chapel of Bridewell-hospital, where he was twenty years minister and preacher. • Dr. Atterbury. before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when he thinks he has your. head, he very soon wins your heart; and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, until he hath convinced... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 518 pages
...dispersed, before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when he thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart; and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, until he has convinced you of the truth of it. " Would every one of our clergymen be thus careful to... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 370 pages
...many of his audience who could not be intelligent hearers of his discourse, were there no explanations as well as grace in his action. This art of his is...in his sermon; but when he thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart, and never pretends to show the beauty of holiness, till he has convinced... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...many of his audience who could not be intelligent hearers of his discourse, were there no explanations as well as grace in his action. This art of his is...uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when tie thinks he has your head, he very soon wins your heart, and never pretends to shew the beauty of... | |
 | English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...attempts your passions until he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form, arc laid open and dispersed before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when be thinks be has your head, he very soon wins your heart ; and never pretends to show the beauty of... | |
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