Critical Observations Concerning the Scottish Historians Hume, Stuart, and Robertson:: Including an Idea of the Reign of Mary Queen of Scots, as a Portion of History; Specimens of the Histories of this Princess, by Dr. Stuart and Dr. Robertson; and a Comparative View of the Merits of These Rival Historians: with a Literary Picture of Dr. Robertson, in a Contrasted Opposition with the Celebrated Mr. Hume..T. Evans, 1782 - 53 עמודים |
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עמוד 24 - Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character, he uttered his admonitions with an acrimony and vehemence, more apt to irritate than to reclaim.
עמוד 35 - View of Society in Europe, in its progrefs from rudenefs to refinement, will, in particular, ever remain a monument of his ingenuity and erudition. He hath thrown light upon the darknefs of the middle times, and brought out a beautiful fabric from the fcattered and disjointed ruins of antiquity.
עמוד 28 - ... solemnities of devotion, in sufferance, and sorrow. The pride of success, the spirit of adulation, the awe with which he struck the gaping and ignorant multitude, inspired him with a superlative conception of his own merits. He mistook for a prophetic impulse the illusions of a heated fancy ; and, with an intemperate and giddy vanity, he ventured at times to penetrate into the future, and to reveal the mysteries of Providence.
עמוד 42 - Falfe eloquence, like the prifmatic glafs, Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ;The face of nature we no more furvey, All glares alike, without diftinftion gay : jBut true expreffion, like th' unchanging fua, Clears and improves whate'er it mines upon ; It gilds all objefts, but it alters none.
עמוד 25 - The most enormous crimes have been promoted by it, and it stimulated this reformer to cruel devastations and outrages. Charity, moderation, the love of peace, patience and humanity, were not in the number of his virtues. Papists as well as popery were the objects of his...
עמוד 24 - The fears and contempt he entertained of popery were extravagant ; and while he propagated the reformed doctrines he fancied he was advancing the purposes of Heaven.
עמוד 26 - ... of priests, he was himself a persecutor. His suspicions that the queen was determined to reestablish the popish religion were rooted and uniform ; and upon the most frivolous pretences he was strenuous to break that chain of cordiality which ought to bind together the prince and the people. He inveighed against her government, and insulted her person with virulence and indecency. It flattered his pride to violate the duties of a subject, and to scatter sedition.
עמוד 24 - Those very qualities, however, which now render his character less amiable, fitted him to be the instrument of Providence for advancing the reformation among a fierce people, and enabled him to face dangers and to surmount opposition, from which a person of a more gentle spirit would have been apt to shrink back.
עמוד 23 - Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted, too, with the learning cultivated in that age, and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame. His maxims, however, were often too severe, and the impetuosity of his temper excessive.
עמוד 15 - ... most nearly concerned him. Driven into difficult situations by passion and imprudence, he was unable to extricate himself. Under the guidance of no regular principles, he was inconstant and capricious. His natural levity was prompted by his proneness to intemperance ; and he was as much a stranger to decorum as to virtue. While he was not qualified for the cares of royalty, he was even unfit for the trappings of state, and those guarded and fastidious ceremonials which are so necessary to impose...