 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pagina’s
...in which he is describing the character of Luther. It may justly rank with those which precede it. "Some parts of Luther's behaviour, which to us appear...most culpable, gave no disgust to his contemporaries. It was even by some of those qualities that we are now apt to blame, that he was fitted for accomplishing... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pagina’s
...idioms and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. In passing judgment upon the character» • wo equal parts, and keep Jupiter in the middle: let Juno pat him in a ferment, and Venus mollify him Б'ог although virtue and vice ere at all times the same, manners and customs vary continually. Some... | |
 | William Robertson - 1825 - 426 pagina’s
...shocking than in a living language, whose idioms and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. 1548. their own age, not by those of another. For, although...most culpable, gave no disgust to his contemporaries. It was even by some of those qualities, which we are now apt to blame, that he was fitted for accomplishing... | |
 | William Robertson - 1825 - 432 pagina’s
...living language, whose idioms and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. In passing j udgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of 1546. their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtue and vice are at all times the same,... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 622 pagina’s
...shocking than in a living language, whose idioms and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. " In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought...continually. Some parts of Luther's behaviour, which appear to us most culpable, gave no disgust to his contemporaries. It was even by some of those qualities,... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 632 pagina’s
...shocking than in a living language, whose idioms and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. " In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought...continually. ' Some parts of Luther's behaviour, which appear to us most culpable, gave no disgust to his contemporaries. It was even by some of those qualities,... | |
 | 1826 - 450 pagina’s
...than in a living language, whofe idioms and phrafes feem grofs, becaufe they are familiar. In paffing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try...the principles and maxims of their own age, not by thofe of another. For although virtue and vice are at all times the fame, manners and cuftoms vary... | |
 | John Scott - 1826 - 638 pagina’s
...shocking than in a living language, whose idioms and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. " In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them upon the principles and maxims of their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtue and... | |
 | 1828 - 396 pagina’s
...in every place ; the ideas of what is beautiful, elegant or sublime, vary in different climates. In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought...times the same, manners and customs vary continually. No custom, however absurd it may be, if it has subsisted long, or derives its force from the manners... | |
 | 1830 - 690 pagina’s
...the following equitable principle, which well applies to the case before us : IN PASSING JUDGEMENT on THE CHARACTERS OF MEN, WE OUGHT TO TRY THEM BY THE...MAXIMS OF THEIR OWN AGE, NOT BY THOSE OF ANOTHER." but, on the other hand, is it at all likely they would have done as much as Calvin did, to defend the... | |
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In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtue and vice are at all times the same, manners and customs vary continually. 
