 Luther, struck more telling blows against false theology than did this brave singer. The "Confession of Augsburg," the "Declaration of Independence," the French "Rights of Man," and the "Marseillaise," are not more weighty documents in the history of...  Works - Page 366by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1925 - 702 pages
...as in education and social order, has changed the face of the world. The Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...more weighty documents in the history of Freedom than are the songs of Burns." Carlyle said also: "It seems small praise to rank him as the first of all... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Authors, American - 1881 - 406 pages
...more telling blows against false theology than did this brave singer. The Confession of Atigsberg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...He is so substantially a reformer, that I find his great plain sense in close chain with the greatest masters, — Kabelais, Shakspere in comedy, Cervantes,... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Authors, American - 1881 - 416 pages
...more telling blows against false theology than did this brave singer. The Confession of Augsberg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...edge. His musical arrows yet sing through the air. lie is so substantially a reformer, that I find his great plain sense in close chain with the greatest... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1882 - 92 pages
...telling blows against false theology than did this brave singer. The " Confession of Augsburg," the "Declaration of Independence," the French " Rights...edge. His musical arrows yet sing through the air. 8 He is so substantially a reformer, that I find his grand plain sense in close chain with the greatest... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 614 pages
...more telling blows against false theology than did this brave singer. The Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...He is so substantially a reformer that I find his great plain sense in close chain with the greatest masters — Rabelais, Shakspere in comedy, Cervantes,... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 648 pages
...more telling blows against false theology than did this brave singer. The Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...He is so substantially a reformer that I find his great plain sense in close chain with the greatest masters — Rabelais, Shakspere in comedy, Cervantes,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Anthologies - 1893 - 516 pages
...Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of Man, and the Maneillaùe, are not more weighty documents in the history of freedom...His musical arrows yet sing through the air. He is но substantially a reformer that I find his grand, plain sense in close chain with the greatest masters,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1896 - 428 pages
...brave singer. The Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, The French Rights of Man are not more weighty documents in the history of freedom than the songs of Burns." EMBRSON. " Burns was altruistic because his songs were those of his people. In his notes amid the heather,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1897 - 218 pages
...education and social order, has changed the face of the world. . . . The Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...in the history of freedom than the songs of Burns." 33 12. Ossorius (Osorio). Bacon comments on the tendency of this man to sacrifice substance to style.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 122 pages
...education and social order, has changed the face of the world. . . . The Confession of Augsburg, the Declaration of Independence, the French Rights of...in the history of freedom than the songs of Burns." 33 12. Ossorius (Osorio). Bacon comments on the tendency of this man to sacrifice substance to style.... | |
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