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Page 264
... Bossuet . - He came in an age when the world was exhausted . The great sixteenth century , which had given birth to the Renaissance and to the Reformation , was followed by a period of rest ; and rest for humanity is retrogression ...
... Bossuet . - He came in an age when the world was exhausted . The great sixteenth century , which had given birth to the Renaissance and to the Reformation , was followed by a period of rest ; and rest for humanity is retrogression ...
Page 265
... Bossuet are as inferior to his sermons as art is to nature . The latter are a spontaneous outburst , the former are a work of reflection . They bear , as a matter of course , the impress of Bossuet's genius ; they are full of grand ...
... Bossuet are as inferior to his sermons as art is to nature . The latter are a spontaneous outburst , the former are a work of reflection . They bear , as a matter of course , the impress of Bossuet's genius ; they are full of grand ...
Page 266
... Bossuet occupies a unique place in the history of the pulpit ; Bourdaloue , the in- heritor of its old traditions , was in reality its reformer . The contrast between the Bishop of Meaux and his successful rival , the Jesuit Bourdaloue ...
... Bossuet occupies a unique place in the history of the pulpit ; Bourdaloue , the in- heritor of its old traditions , was in reality its reformer . The contrast between the Bishop of Meaux and his successful rival , the Jesuit Bourdaloue ...
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SCHILLER and the Duke of Schleswig | 23 |
AMERICANISTS International Congress | 62 |
Letter from the Lady | 65 |
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