| 单词 | controversialist |
| 例句 | Hoyle, who died in 2001, was described in an obituary in Nature as a "cosmologist and controversialist" and both of those he most certainly was. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Not that his days as a controversialist are entirely behind him. Edward O. Wilson?s New Book, ?Social Conquest of Earth? 2012-04-08T21:38:06Z The clear standout is Mr. Barkley, a curmudgeonly controversialist with a needling wit and the shamelessness of a Catskills hack. Zaniness of 'Inside the N.B.A.' Doesn’t Depend on the Score 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z In truth, Roth seems more of an equal opportunities controversialist who views himself as a gonzo cinematic provocateur rather than propagandist. Death Wish: is the Bruce Willis remake an alt-right fantasy? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z And unlike many wannabe controversialists today, when what she said caused the expected outrage, she refused to withdraw or apologize. It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z And like the American controversialist, he was a prolific writer: he left behind more than 20 plays, three novels, tomes of short stories and a vast number of poems. A hundred years of Virgilio Piñera, l'enfant terrible of Cuban literature 2012-08-03T17:09:31Z The editors instead embraced Mr. Sarris as a controversialist; argument was like mother’s milk at The Village Voice. Andrew Sarris, Film Critic, Dies at 83 2012-06-20T17:00:26Z Mr. Merchant’s comedy routine is gentler, less spiky and less meant to provoke or spread uneasiness than that of his prickly, controversialist friend. Stephen Merchant Moves From Gervais?s Shadow to Stand-Up 2011-12-14T17:41:07Z Some dismiss him as a silly controversialist; others fear him as an agitator for neo-Marxist totalitarianism. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z He was a controversialist, a horsefly on the body politic. Larry Kramer Leaves No Score Unsettled in an Epic’s Finale 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z There are periods when Malcolm's presence is so vivid, you feel almost sorry for Roiphe, a controversialist who is well able to look after herself. Forty-One False Starts by Janet Malcolm – review 2013-07-28T07:00:00Z Other projects were at one time said to be under way with involvement from George Clooney and perennial historical controversialist Oliver Stone, though neither has yet entered production. Osama bin Laden film trailer debuts online 2012-08-07T12:41:16Z Photograph: AP Gore Vidal, the American writer, media pundit, controversialist and politician manqué, who has died at the age of 86, was celebrated both for his caustic wit and his mandarin poise. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z Meanwhile, the commentator and controversialist Piers Morgan, an obsessively close observer and relentless critic of Meghan, inevitably waded in with his usual splenetic views. Lip-Reading and Fashion Criticism: Meghan’s U.K. Trip Under Scrutiny 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z She told the BBC, “When I was in my youth, I was a professional controversialist and I liked exploring ideas and stirring things up.” Who is Liz Truss, a shapeshifter set to be U.K.’s next prime minister? 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z One reason why Zemmour keeps returning to the Vichy issue is that in essence he is a controversialist. Why France's Zemmour is dredging up World War Two 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z A former intelligence chief turned right-wing controversialist has failed in his bid to get into parliament. German election: Seven things we learned 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Here was a famous controversialist who needed to be liked or, failing that, to be right: He had scores to settle with ex-wives and, not incidentally, an ex-biographer. Philip Roth Was His Own Favorite Subject. What’s Left for a Biographer? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z With the career of another talent controversialist Bernard Tomic now apparently in terminal decline, Australians are increasingly investing their hopes in teenager de Minaur and Ash Barty, who both play finals in Sydney on Saturday. Tennis: Australian number four Kyrgios 'in a good spot' ahead of... 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Over the past few weeks, the Girls creator and incorrigible controversialist has become ever more difficult to ignore. Lena Dunham has apologised for disbelieving a rape allegation – and made matters worse 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Extremists and controversialists on the left have been relatively safe from deplatforming. When Digital Platforms Become Censors 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Toby Young's reputation as a "controversialist" should have prompted greater scrutiny into his past before he was appointed to England's new university regulator, a probe has said. Toby Young vetting process criticised 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z An experienced controversialist, the novelist’s pronouncements have provoked debate over race, religion and gender politics. Martin Amis rounds on Donald Trump and his 'army of neo-Nazis' 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Two other projects – on Gamergate and Silicon Valley – failed to materialise, despite being heavily trailed by the controversialist. Milo Yiannopoulos to self-publish memoir and sue Simon & Schuster 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The writer who made this crucial break with tradition was an inveterate controversialist and patriot, a witty master of American prose. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 49 – The American Language by HL Mencken 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z A boycott of far-right controversialist Milo Yiannoploulos’s publisher Simon & Schuster will have “a chilling effect” on authors and publishers and will not prevent the spread of “noxious ideas”, according to free-speech campaigners. Free-speech groups defend publication of Milo Yiannoploulos memoir 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Curt Schilling, the three-time World Series champion and renowned post-baseball controversialist, has confirmed what he’s hinted at for some months: that he intends to run against Elizabeth Warren in the US Senate race in 2018. Curt Schilling intends to run against Elizabeth Warren for US Senate seat 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Historian, poet, journalist and indefatigable controversialist, Conquest was born when Soviet Russia was, in 1917, and in early adulthood he was a communist. The man who helped kill the Soviet Union with information 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The news media gives abundant attention to such mavericks, naysayers, professional controversialists and table thumpers. Why science is so hard to believe 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z It does mean, however, that graduation day should not be a time when conservatives and controversialists are kept off the main stage. Colleges Leave Conservatives Out of Commencement Ceremonies 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z To critics, Bhatt is a habitual controversialist with a gift for a headline. Why al-Qaeda finds no recruits in India 2012-12-05T02:25:53Z He was a great controversialist, doing battle on television panel shows with conservatives. Friends, fans mourn death of author Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:08Z Indeed Huxley has the soul and spirit of a gallant controversialist. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Both are the immediate descendants of noble families, both possess superior attainments, are accomplished preachers, and able controversialists. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z All sorts of objections have been raised against the credibility of the gospels from the time of Celsus—they were raised even earlier; for Celsus quotes them from previous controversialists—and they are raised still. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The Roman controversialist objects to the Church of England that it does not exhibit notes of sanctity, "that it has no saints." Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z It is also often declared necessary to study the German controversialists, because the grounds of religion "must be inquired into." Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z The serenity of his faith makes it impossible for him to be a controversialist. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z It counts in its ranks some of the ablest debaters, and keenest controversialists in the kingdom. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z It is surely possible to feel more than the controversialist here. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z His references to Rousseau are frequent, as might be expected, and it was not difficult for so expert a controversialist to give a good account of the author of �mile. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z In his Sermons on the Philippians and Colossians, Daill� vindicated his claim to rank as a great preacher as well as an able controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Cyril was even more conspicuous as a pastor than as a controversialist, and this is seen in his one important work—his twenty-three addresses to catechumens delivered in A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z This text is often cited by Christian writers and controversialists as prefiguring the mission of the Christian Savior, viz., the destruction of the serpent, alias the devil. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z But, besides this, writing as a controversialist, not primarily as a priest and teacher, he accompanies his exposition of doctrine with manifestations of character which are of great interest and value. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z But the new abbot proved himself a valuable ally of the empress, and her ablest controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He was an extremely vigorous controversialist, and his Latin abounds in denunciatory epithets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z We may be fairly sure that Dante was not a credulous person with a childish view of history, but a sophisticated controversialist handling his evidence for effect. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z He was the unrivalled controversialist of the time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z We are less concerned for the moment with his substance than with his character and manner as scientific controversialist. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z I take this opportunity of promising you that I shall carry on little controversy in the course of my lectures, least of all with individual controversialists. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z He has been a novelist, a controversialist, a politician, a member of the Cortes, a republican, an orator, a traveller, an expatriate, a ranchman, a duellist, a journalist. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z The Calvinistic hell is but an adjourned Inquisition, in which controversialists have as great satisfaction in tormenting the souls of their opponents as Torquemada had in tormenting their bodies. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z If by accident a controversialist happen to possess this knowledge, it goes for nothing unless he has credit for classical competency. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z It is not proposed, however, that any limitations of taste or temper should be imposed upon Christian controversialists; and this contention may therefore be regarded as a subterfuge of bigotry. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z Strike out the propositions about which neither controversialist does or can know anything, and there is nothing left for them to quarrel about. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley 2011-11-24T03:00:46.350Z Were the fiercest theological controversialist at my elbow, he would be as cool as an Esquimaux. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He was a man of ability, enthusiasm and learning, a considerable Oriental scholar, and also a keen controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z I became a newspaper controversialist myself, for once, in order to confute that gratuitous liar, who, I am quite sure, was not a decent person. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z His reputation as theologian, preacher, controversialist, has concealed the real greatness which comes to light as the dust of controversy subsides. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The Quakers had always been active controversialists, and a great body of tracts and papers was issued by them; but hitherto these had been of small account from a literary point of view. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Medici Paulus, a Jewish convert of whom the Roman Catholic Church had reason to be proud, was a learned theologian and a skilful controversialist against modern Judaism. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Michelet, the philosophical historian and celebrated controversialist, in a work entitled "Priests, Women and Children," has explained the ingenious method by which this object is effected. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z He was a bitter opponent of Prussia and an ardent controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z He brings the church into the house, and thus makes an every-day reality of an institution, which is thought to belong to the disputed territory where controversialists quarrel, or the close walls where priestcraft rules. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z He was not merely a preacher; he was, as we have said, a controversialist, indeed somewhat too much of a controversialist, as his battle with F�nelon proved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z This one is a warm controversialist, and has seen the world. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Since the middle of the eighteenth century, some great and learned controversialists have arisen who, struck by the need for rectifying certain popular errors to which historians have lent credit, have published some remarkable works. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z For these controversialists the question was solely of the physical tie, which had made of twain one flesh. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z This book was exceedingly popular at the time of its first appearance, and created not a little excitement among religious controversialists in New Hampshire, and, indeed, throughout the New England States. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Stupid religious controversialists often assume that it is part of the Freethinker's case that religion enlists in its service bad men, and much time is spent in proving that religious people are mostly worthy ones. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z It's false, irrational and politically stupid because ordinary voters -- if not paid controversialists like me -- really resent it. The mindless hysteria of right-wing sheep 2011-06-30T00:30:00Z He was a vigorous and unsparing controversialist, and the greater part of his writings are of that character. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Not such is the manner of resentful controversialists, eagerly tracing imaginary judgments. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Mr. Gladstone has throughout his life loomed so large in the eyes of the religious public that he has always been a favourite target for the controversialists of every sect. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z The final development of this extraordinary story, under the delicate fingers of the German and French Protestant controversialists, may not prove uninteresting. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z He was an able controversialist, and in the interests of Arminianism attacked both New England Calvinism and Unitarianism; he published in 1837 The Calvinistic Controversy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z My sister went very often, and, while visiting her, was introduced to the famous controversialist nun Madame Davidoff, by whose teaching and arguments she was converted to the Roman Catholic Church. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Liszt rarely expressed his opinion of Wagner, because he took it for granted that everybody knew it, and he was not a controversialist. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Nor is it only among the vulgar herd of Protestants, or in the ranks of bigoted controversialists, that we meet assailants on this point. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z Poetry is the subject at present of much prose criticism, prose exposition, and prose controversy; but the controversialists are largely the poets themselves, or those who aspire to the title. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Sir Thomas More, the greatest of them, was actually driven into reaction by the violence of Protestant controversialists, and the fear that the new doctrines would rend the church in twain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Emser was a vigorous controversialist, and next to Eck the most eminent of the German divines who stood by the old church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z As relaxes down in his chair, running a meaty hand through his spiky grey hair, the softly spoken New Zealander seems to be the opposite of a finger-pointing controversialist. Warren Gatland is desperate to make a winning difference with Wales 2011-02-01T00:06:01Z Some hypothesis, this or that, all parties, all controversialists, all historians must adopt, if they would treat of Christianity at all. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z A student, a controversialist, and a moralist, what has he to do with revenge or murder? Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z They are talking about Doctor Boyne and Captain Shandon," Warrington said, "who are the two Irish controversialists of the 'Dawn' and the 'Day,' Dr. Boyne being the Protestant champion, and Captain Shandon the liberal orator. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Of this I do not think there can be much doubt, except perhaps in the minds of professional controversialists. Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation 2011-01-13T03:01:01.257Z Most writers make a few hundred dollars a month if they hit their traffic targets, and a few big names, like the professional controversialist Matt Taibbi, make quite a bit more. Online Journalism Entrepreneurs 2010-05-13T11:10:00Z It is not fair to restrict the words, nor are controversialists found desirous of doing so; they take them to include the images of the Saints. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The Portuguese controversialist is the 14th manager in as many seasons to bear the weight of the younger Moratti's yearning to emulate his dad's achievements, and by far the best bet to succeed. Jos? Mourinho pits his cunning against the bravura of Barcelona 2010-04-20T06:05:00Z And Ms. Zukin is a recognizable New York sort, a controversialist who loves a good argument. A Contrarian?s Lament in a Blitz of Gentrification 2010-02-20T04:05:00Z And the Christian controversialist, with as firm a faith in daemons as the pagan, turned that doctrine against the faith which it was invented to support. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In 1687 he took his degree of M.A., and appeared as a controversialist in a defence of the character of Luther, entitled, Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis He was a voluminous writer, a controversialist and commentator, and a thorough Hebrew scholar. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide These doctrinal enunciations are de fide; peasants are bound to believe them as well as controversialists, and to believe them as truly as they believe that our Lord is God. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Our growing knowledge of history has literally taken away all the ground on which the older controversialists used to stand. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Moreover, I must confess that this is a point on which I, for one, cannot write in the spirit of a controversialist. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries His sermons and letters are marked by ease and grace; but as a critic and a controversialist he is rather dexterous and popular than accurate and profound. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It is commonly assumed by controversialists that the organization and management of a nationalized industry must, for some undefined reason, be similar to that of the post-office. The Acquisitive Society I wish to deal, not with controversialists, but with inquirers. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Discussion would be simpler, if controversialists took the trouble to understand each other. Custom and Myth New Edition This sort of disingenuousness is so common on both sides, that it may be said to be the besetting sin of controversialists. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries Charges of scandalous immorality are precious to controversialists, for if they are disproved ever so completely the stain adheres. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII The extraordinary majesty of his rhetoric, perhaps, brings out by force of contrast the occasionally fallacious character of his reasoning, but it must be confessed that even as a controversialist he has few equals. A Short History of French Literature He represented in my neighbourhood Intellect—with a capital I. A man of about fifty, minister of the parish of Carlounie, he was astonishingly adroit as a controversialist, astonishingly eloquent as a divine. Bye-Ways One of the most amusing was from a clergyman now deceased—a very great man in his own opinion—a controversialist whom none could withstand. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself It may suit the purposes of unfair Roman controversialists to brand them as schismatics, and overcome, by calling them a name, their own most formidable opponents: but history cannot be so overcome. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries The effectiveness of the weapon commends it to Catholic controversialists. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII Its early controversialists—like Driedo or Cardinal Bellarmine—meet assertions such as Roman Catholic replies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" He belonged to the High Church party and was a brilliant controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The professional controversialists themselves do not desire that it should be; their interest is to keep the game up for ever; for if a final issue were reached their occupation would be gone. Religious Perplexities As controversialists they remind me of the characters in Alice through the Looking-Glass, who want "to deny something and don't know what it is." Seeds of Pine He was not overbearing on the one hand, nor condescending on the other, being essentially a shy, unassuming person, easily silenced by any controversialist who uttered statements of sufficient emphasis. Lord Stranleigh Abroad As a controversialist, Bowles is rather noisy, flippant, and fierce; and his reply to Byron, while superior to the noble bard's letter in argument, is far inferior in easy and trenchant vigour of style. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 But where the philosopher lays the controversialist on one side for a brief period, and takes the trouble to elucidate his own ideas we discover what has been lost by these defects of temperament. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" As the mere plaything of professional controversialists the fate of religion can never be decided. Religious Perplexities The latter work was attacked by Burnet and others, but the author showed himself as keen a controversialist as ever. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The poet of Comus now shows himself a controversialist of unbounded energy. Minor Poems by Milton As an author, he appears in three aspects—as a writer on typography, as an editor and controversialist, and as a poet. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 Positive and definite, with a strong broad logic which every one could follow, he was a formidable controversialist even on subjects outside history. Studies in Contemporary Biography It is perhaps childish to pursue 383 further this childish controversialist. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The controversialists were no longer bushwhackers, but crafty warriors who joined battle after looking over the field and measuring their forces. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 In this correspondence the Kaiser displayed his recognized ability as a writer and speaker, for in this rapid-fire exchange of telegrams the Kaiser was easily the better controversialist. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia A school of writers arose strongly imbued with a horror of the calumnies of infidel philosophers and hostile controversialists, and animated by a sovereign desire to revive and fortify the spirit of Catholics. The History of Freedom The comic poet offers matter worthy the consideration of politicians and political controversialists, and this the translator has rendered fearlessly and well. Pot-Boilers The antagonist of this controversialist probably retorted on him his own term of the real interest, which might be a very opposite one, according to their notions! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 This required a reply from the bishop, who had been formerly an active controversialist himself. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors I will even go so far as to say that, to my mind, the contemporary Socialist controversialist meets all this system of objections far too cavalierly. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism As a controversialist he influenced the Oxford movement more deeply than any other Catholic. The History of Freedom A clever controversialist can always find joints in the harness of his foe. Pot-Boilers But as a controversialist he was an infinitely stronger man than his opponent, and unlike Warburton, he never debased controversy by scurrility, which the bishop generally found a more potent weapon than argument. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Not only the President's constitutional advisers, but the Republican members of Congress, embracing many captious, factious, and theoretical controversialists, acted in harmony and concert. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 This difficulty was strongly urged against them by Christian controversialists; compare Tertullian cont. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 That Wordsworth should call Voltaire dull is a curious example of the proverbial blindness of controversialists; but the moral may be equally good. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) But would the controversialist say that these Councils were infallible? The Thread of Gold It may be added that Dennis on one occasion successfully opposed one of the ablest controversialists of the age. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The controversialists championed far-reaching principles with a decisive influence on the course of thought and conduct. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology But the Jews endeavoured, in another way, to wrest from Christian controversialists the advantage afforded by this passage. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Not long ago they treated it with obloquy and contempt, but now they endeavor to use it as an argument for their faith, and in doing so they distort language as only theological controversialists can. Arrows of Freethought As I said in the former Preface, I refrain from personalities, which is all that can be demanded of a fair controversialist. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) A man of considerable learning, Middleton was a violent controversialist, who liked better to attack and to defend than to dwell in the serene atmosphere of literature or of practical divinity. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He is a born controversialist, he revels in the vivisection of a theological opponent, and it is easy to understand how the more placid Darwin could cry to him admiringly, "What a man you are!" Flowers of Freethought (First Series) We regret that we cannot say the same of Dr. Berg, who at times seemed to forget the obligations of the gentleman in his zeal as a controversialist. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Baillie himself was a controversialist: he wrote books to influence opinion, and delivered argumentative speeches. Leading Articles on Various Subjects The controversialists may be broadly divided into those who read complicated autobiographical details into the sonnets, those who scout the idea of their being autobiographical at all, and those who take a middle ground. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning These answers are so obvious, and Dr. Huntington must have heard them so often, that he should, as a controversialist, have taken some notice of them. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors But enough in this brief sketch has been said of him as politician, journalist, controversialist, spy. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History An inquiry conducted in that spirit would not lead to the absolute dogmatic conclusions in which the superficial controversialist delights. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies He was himself a man of distinction as preacher, poet, and controversialist. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters "It happens to be, notwithstanding your objection," said the controversialists on the pro-nose side of the question. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland A poet herself, she discovered that these had more power than controversialists to strengthen her religious convictions, as well as to enlarge her mind. Famous Women: George Sand Having received a thorough training as a jurist at Rome, he became a great controversialist. History of Education He was not a controversialist, but a critic, and he did not seem to mind when Horace went off into a dream of Sonia, and asked questions far from the subject. The Art of Disappearing At the same time rationalistic Bible exegesis was begun by Abraham ibn Ezra, an acute but reckless controversialist. Jewish Literature and Other Essays The most determined of so-called orthodox controversialists would hardly try to maintain that the consciousness of Jesus was at once limited and unlimited. The New Theology By 1590 the bishops thought it advisable to try other means of convincing or silencing these indomitable controversialists, and sent several conforming Puritan ministers to confer with them, but without effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" He was an unscrupulous controversialist, and in these plays he allows no considerations of decency to stand in the way of his denunciations of the monastic system and its supporters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In 1585 he was made Master of the Temple, and held that post for seven years, distinguishing himself both as a preacher and a controversialist. A History of Elizabethan Literature Nietzsche would never have singled out Pascal as his most formidable enemy if the author of "The Thoughts" had been nothing but a theological controversialist. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Protestant controversialists frequently draw attention to the decline of church-going in Latin countries as evidence of the decay of sacerdotalism, particularly in the church of Rome. The New Theology The new controversialists . . . call a man a physical degenerate, instead of calling him an ugly fellow. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study But we can only conjecture dimly, and leave the controversialists to wrangle. The Cornwall Coast But while such were Gillespie's labours in the field of controversy, the value of which could not be easily over-estimated, his memory would be grievously wronged were we to regard him only as a controversialist. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) But the truth is, that long before this Pascal had warmed to his work as a controversialist. Pascal It is still used by sacerdotal controversialists, and looks very plausible on the face of it. The New Theology It makes him a fearsome controversialist on the platform or in his favourite lists, the columns of a newspaper. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The disputation, of course, came to no practical result; each controversialist claimed the victory, and Luther in the meantime made progress in freedom of opinion, and attacked the papal system as a whole more boldly. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He was, moreover, both a learned man, an acute lawyer, and an able and subtle controversialist, and his writings exercised at the time no mean influence. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Yet some sceptical controversialists are still so far from cultivating the acquaintance with recent thought which they recommend to Christian theologians, as to persist in affirmations of amazing ignorance, e.g. Miracles and Supernatural Religion Lastly, there is a class of controversialists so hopeless and futile that I have really failed to find a name for them. Eugenics and Other Evils He was a born controversialist and liked to argue. Historical Essays All his powers as an orator, a controversialist, an educator were directed to this object. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It is a good rule to endeavour to understand your opponent's position before you try to confute him; an excellent rule seldom complied with by anti-Catholic controversialists. Science and Morals and Other Essays There is a tone of manly dignity and independence in this letter which commends itself, and which were characteristic of Dr. Ryerson in his best moods as a controversialist. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Certainly you will not be allowed by Protestant controversialists to assume this perfect consistency in Romish doctrine. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert She sent her controversialists into the philosophical arena. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin No parson was so renowned a controversialist or so indefatigable a parish priest as Baxter. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 It is curious that two of the most aggressive controversialists in the House, being temporarily called to the Leadership, have shown themselves profoundly impressed with this truth. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly There was one rôle in which Dr. Ryerson pre-eminently excelled—that of a controversialist. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada "Nature never intended you for a controversialist, my good Bateman," he added to himself. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert Uncle Tom's argument was the strongest and most convincing after all; if only all we arguers, and debaters, and controversialists could come to recognize it. Mushrooms on the Moor At the same time he would repudiate any desire to attack religion, which he deemed indispensable for the nations; he could only wish it had for its ministers philosophers instead of controversialists. The Gods are Athirst The most important of the opinions thus expressed, were upon religious subjects, for Jews, puritans, and Spaniards, have always been very decided controversialists. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States The eloquent controversialist Bossuet and the Catholics have been careful to avail themselves of the impetuosity and incautiousness of the great German Reformer. The Superstitions of Witchcraft And the verdict of the great majority of readers and thinkers was favorable to the Swiss and German controversialists. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Beginning as controversialists anxious to overset a particular system of trade regulation, they ended by becoming the exponents of a new social order. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice The teachers who finally converted the English nation to Protestantism were not the declaimers from the pulpit, nor the voluminous controversialists with the pen. The Reign of Mary Tudor This man was an able scholar, a forceful controversialist, an ardent defender of what he regarded as the right, and a vigorous assailant of what to him was wrong. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Whatever may seem good to Balkan controversialists, let us of the West rather try, for their sake and for ours, to bring these two people together. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Justinian was a trained theologian, but he was also a trained lawyer; and the combination generally produces a vigorous controversialist. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 These controversialists cover the very widest field, and their attacks upon Scripture are varied to the point of wildness. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens When Foxe's narrative of the horrible Guernsey case was challenged by a Catholic controversialist in the reign of Elizabeth, the matter was inquired into, and the account was found to be absolutely true. The Reign of Mary Tudor Constantine would not interfere as between the controversialists, but he kept his eye on the situation and gave special direction to certain of his men. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police By a peculiar irony of fate those controversialists are to-day in many instances our only aid in reviving the idolatry they attempted to destroy. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism So skilful did he prove himself as a controversialist, as an administrator, and as an adviser of Pelagius, that he was elected with enthusiasm to succeed that pope in 590. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 In an age of sluggish theology, he was an earnest minister and zealous controversialist, all the time that he was cultivating a taste for natural objects. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 This hideous story was challenged by Harding, the controversialist, in the next reign. The Reign of Mary Tudor But Melville was not only the greatest ecclesiastical controversialist of his day; his name is pre-eminent in another sphere. Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series A third surviving brother is the p. 403talented Protestant controversialist residing in Damascus, and practising medicine as learned from the Americans. Byeways in Palestine Too often he is merely the emotional controversialist. Maxim Gorki The vague charges of immorality brought against the reformer by those calumniators, ancient and modern, may be dismissed at once as nothing more than the stock-in-trade of hard-pressed controversialists in the sixteenth century. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics It is natural to feel distrust of controversialists, who, to all appearance, would not have been earnest against a doctrine or practice, except that it galled themselves. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity The sparkling orator, the acute controversialist, or the profound scholar, might have been searched for in vain among the Franciscans or the Dominicans of the fifteenth century. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Beaten in affixing the origin of any art elsewhere, the controversialist enshrines himself within the Great Wall, and is allowed to repose in peace. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Another class were virulent controversialists, who preached politics, and too often let Christianity alone. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Nor were they wanting in those more substantial expressions of their satisfaction which Cochlaeus, like most of the controversialists of his time, evidently coveted. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics The aggressive qualities of his staunch Scotch ancestry shone in his own resolute and unyielding character, and he was distinguished both in Church and in State as an able and uncompromising controversialist. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He wrote history, in addition to plays and poetry, and later, in his attacks upon the Church, proved himself a skilful and unscrupulous controversialist. Heroes of Modern Europe Luther was no respecter of kings; he was so fortunate, indeed, as to find among his antagonists a crowned head; a great good fortune for an obscure controversialist, and the very punctum saliens of controversy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Robinson became noted as a preacher and controversialist against Arminianism. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 They are tormented by no false philosophy, led astray by no recondite opinions of controversialists, whether He is all in all, or shares a "divided throne." Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 "If God spare my life," he said to a learned controversialist, "ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the scripture than thou dost." History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 “Then, let men breathe through their mouths, and be d—d,” returned the controversialist. St. Ronan's Well The doctrine of abrogation is now almost invariably applied by Musalm�n controversialists to the Old and New Testaments, which they say are abrogated by the Qur�n. The Faith of Islam The historian is a theorist, yet no controversialist. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Another case in which the double appeared was that of Dr. F. R. Lees, the well-known temperance controversialist. Real Ghost Stories Erasmus, one of the greatest of scholars, of teachers, and of controversialists, was born in 1467. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages He published A Discourse of Natural Philosophy, and was a prominent Protestant controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The bishop won some fame as a theologian and a controversialist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" There appeared replies to the Theses from all quarters of the country, almost every theologian of distinction assuming the character of the controversialist. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Dr. O'Leary, though with great talents for a controversialist, always sedulously avoided the angry theme of religious disputation. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell These men were leaders as well as teachers, and their followers were disciples and controversialists rather than pupils. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions Even in this field Germany produces theological controversialists whom we have all studied, orthodox and destructive, but few pioneers, and practically no Augustines or Loyolas, Wesleys or Booths, Livingstones or Stanleys. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Even the hardened controversialist Coulton wrote in the course of one of their arguments: If I speak very plainly of your historical methods, it is not that I do not fully respect your conversion. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Of all the members of the Evangelical school he takes the highest rank as controversialist, and defender of the Old Testament. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology The theological difference remained, and they dealt with it through the best controversialists. Lectures on Modern history We regret we cannot say the same of Dr. Berg, who at times seemed to forget the obligations of the gentleman, in his zeal as a controversialist. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The laments of social pessimists and of certain religious controversialists are never supported by accurate knowledge. The War and the Churches In his doctrinal debates with the Wesleys he was a harsh controversialist; but his piety was sincere, and marked late in life by exalted moods. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes He has once more assumed the pen of the controversialist. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology With Caetani was Bellarmin, the most famous controversialist of the sixteenth century, who there imbibed the doctrines which made him one of the masters of revolutionary Catholicism, and a forerunner of Algernon Sidney. Lectures on Modern history Charles Kingsley was a man of genius, half poet, half controversialist. Studies in Early Victorian Literature In breadth of view as well as grasp of doctrine, he is beyond comparison with the rabble of controversialists who cursed or still invoke his name. The Arian Controversy Yet the repellant attitude of the great controversialist was that of very many representative Catholics of his time, especially those holding his high office. Life of Father Hecker It is impossible to discuss the matter without becoming involved as a controversialist either for or against Rome. Pascal's Pensées The Catholic conspirators had to recognise that they had a worse enemy to deal with than Puritan controversialists or spoilt Court favourites. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The writer of these letters, whoever he was, is evidently an orthodox Catholic Christian, and at the same time a strong controversialist. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Marvell, though no orator, or even debater, was the stuff of which controversialists are made. Andrew Marvell He had taken high ground against Papineau's rebellion, and was known as one of the strongest newspaper controversialists of the time. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba This is precisely the one point that nearly all the controversialists avoided. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I The secret was that Sir George laid hold of the kernel of a subject, and worked outwards—an expositor, not a controversialist. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Whistler is not to be compared with the great controversialists any more than he is to be compared with the great artists. Art In all Marvell’s work, as poet, as Parliamentarian, as controversialist, we shall see the travelled man. Andrew Marvell Payne was one of the chief controversialists in the war of words that followed. The Fatal Jealousie (1673) For no man of his age in broad Scotland stood higher as a scholar, a theologian, a controversialist, a preacher and a very saint than Samuel Rutherford. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents He was too much of a controversialist, and his tone was too political. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The efficiency of a controversialist in the seventeenth century was almost estimated in the ratio of his scurrility, especially when he wrote Latin. Life of John Milton Biographers of controversialists seldom do justice to the other side. Andrew Marvell Had this acute and learned controversialist been prepared to encounter infant baptism on such grounds, he would not have neglected his opportunity. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Rutherford made many enemies both as a preacher and as a doctrinal and an ecclesiastical controversialist. Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents An acute controversialist, skilled in the critical knowledge of Scripture, thoroughly versed in the annals of primitive antiquity, he was an opponent not lightly to be challenged. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Milton's reputation as a political controversialist, however, was not to rest upon "Eikonoklastes," or to be determined by a merely English public. Life of John Milton "Are we to sit still and—" "Is it?" broke in the wily controversialist. The Clarion He was, moreover, a great historian, a perplexing controversialist, deeply read in Dr. Gallagher and Pastorini, and equally profound in the history of Harry the Eighth, and Luther's partnership with the devil. Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Encouraged by this great success, Mr. M'Slime, seconded by several of our leading controversialists, has succeeded in getting up a polemical discussion, on the merits of the Protestant and Popish creeds. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Bowles, on the whole, had hold of the right end of the controversy; his instinct was correct, but he was a wretched controversialist. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century They are precious aids in the service of the Church as controversialists when enlisted on the right side, for controversy is their element. The Education of Catholic Girls He is a dogmatist, a controversialist, a propagandist. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 He developed qualities as controversialist and leader which the gentler aspect of his early years had hardly led men to suspect. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant If the controversialist ventures to ask some questions about the share which women have had in bringing about the great wars known to history, he draws on himself more and more hysterical abuse. Side Lights The author was engaged, in fact, in bringing up to date some of the accusations which earlier controversialists had made. Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage (1704); Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady (1704) Ashtavakra said, 'O king, O leader of fierce legions, in this assembly of monarchs of unrivalled power who have met together, I am unable to find out Vandin, chief of the controversialists. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Much intensive monographic work in history and science is needed to clear mooted points and quiet the controversialist who mistakes present personal desire for scientific proof. The Negro This toleration, which is so predominant a feature of his writings, is probably one of the rarest of all qualities in a controversialist. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors Two words are constantly in the mouth of Modernist controversialists in speaking of their opponents. Outspoken Essays Of course no report can possibly satisfy any of the controversialists for their feelings are too strong to permit them to be content with cold facts judicially stated. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Marked out by nature for the life of mysticism, he has entered maimed and halt into the life of the controversialist. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality Freeman is well known as the historian of the Norman Conquest, as an active politician, controversialist, and pamphleteer. The Life of Froude The great African controversialist, Tertullian, was unsparing in his anathemas, not only against heathen customs, which were vile indeed, but against the teachings of the noblest philosophy. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The attitude is characteristic of that able controversialist; and it shows how hardly the earlier notions of Divine Right were to die. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham In the cases alluded to, a skilful controversialist might be able to argue, why the Otaheitan practice ought to be esteemed the more rational one. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 His thoughts are his own, and nobody else's; and though he is a bitter controversialist, at least he feels the weight and gravity of the vast questions on which he pronounces. Sketches in the House (1893) All controversialists then relied on isolated and inappropriate scriptural texts, and Biblical analogies which were not analogous; but Knox employed these things, with perhaps unusual inconsistency, in varying circumstances. John Knox and the Reformation The Japanese cannot understand why our controversialists should wax so fervent over psychological, ethical, religious, and philosophical questions, failing to perceive that this fervency is the result of the intense interest taken in such subjects. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic On the other hand, controversialists of strong anti-vegetarian views were forced to experiment. The Siege of Kimberley His place is that of an oracle among controversialists. The Art of Letters She wondered how real friendship could exist between two such controversialists. The Last Shot For we are not gods and creators; and the controversialists have debated, whether indeed the All-Plastic Power itself can do more than mold. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I This twisting of facts throws a really sinister light upon the later developments of Mr. Shaw as a controversialist. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index His teaching in this new world was greatly modified; he had to become controversialist, jurist, theologian, though when alone with his disciples his gentle and irresistible genius inspired him with accents full of tenderness. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy He was a discoverer of order, of laws, of causes, not a controversialist. The Art of Letters But people do not say that this proves that Tennyson was a mere crabbed controversialist and metaphysician. Robert Browning He was an acute and able controversialist on behalf of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, on which he wrote several treatises. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "I'm somewhat famous, too, I grieve to tell, As controversialist and infidel." Black Beetles in Amber While a born controversialist, and strong in his convictions, he was glad to work with Christians of any name in building up the kingdom of God in the world. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler If the preacher labor to express the mysterious relationship between God and Christ, the divine and human nature, he will be considered by some a sectarian, controversialist, or heretic. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 It is impossible to think of him as an abusive controversialist as Milton was in his controversy with Salmasius. Ralph Waldo Emerson F. was a voluminous author, and a keen controversialist. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Every one knows that laymen are as violent controversialists as clergymen, and the less informed the more violent. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style He is genial beyond the majority of inveterate controversialists and propagandists. Old and New Masters A certain learned theological bishop of that fraternity, a warm controversialist, long since dead, was of an amorous disposition. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 554, June 30, 1832 He was no match for the most terrible controversialist in America; but he could wince. George Washington He was a keen and formidable controversialist, and was usually found on what was, for the time, the unpopular side. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Though wilful and quarrelsome, he kept guard over his tongue, but, pen in hand, became an evasive, obstinate controversialist with a coldly-used power of exasperation. The Long White Cloud Nor is he remembered as a keeper of the conscience of princes, or as a religious controversialist. Old and New Masters Swift took an entirely different attitude towards Collins from that assumed by the professional controversialists. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Many years of Leslie's life were devoted to disputes with Catholics, Quakers, Socinians, and Deists, and the seven volumes which his writings fill prove that he was an extremely able controversialist. The Glories of Ireland His great learning and ability rendered him a formidable controversialist, specially against Arminianism and Romanism. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature It is a book which, as the Apologia tells us, commanded the respect of such an accomplished controversialist as Perrone; and, it may be added, of a theologian of an opposite school, Dr. Döllinger. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 It has about as much truth in it as the statement that Milton was greater as a controversialist than as a poet, or that Lamb's plays are better than his essays. Old and New Masters He was the most prolific writer and controversialist of his day among nonconformists. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South I have even seen some controversialists use the metaphor, "We must fight them with their own weapons." All Things Considered He was a kindly and honest, but eccentric and impracticable man, and an insatiable controversialist. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature But for the very reason that these controversialists wished to be just to Rome, they were bound to be just against her. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 He was an indefatigable student, a voluminous writer, a ready controversialist; and though his speaking was marred by imperfect utterance he attained to considerable influence in public address. Unitarianism The existence of ghouls has been disputed by that class of controversialists who are more concerned to deprive the world of comforting beliefs than to give it anything good in their place. The Devil's Dictionary Very well; let those controversialists take their metaphor, and take it literally. All Things Considered He was an expert controversialist, but it is chiefly by his sermons, which are among the classics of English divinity, that he is remembered. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Whether it was adapted to its professed purpose may perhaps be doubted; but the men who went certainly lost none of their vigour as controversialists or their culture as scholars. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 They are like two controversialists hurling words at one another. Thuvia, Maid of Mars This was especially the case in churches and ecclesiastical structures generally, in which the gargoyles presented a perfect rogues' gallery of local heretics and controversialists. The Devil's Dictionary Their dualist doctrines, as described by controversialists, present numerous resemblances to those of the Bogomils, and still more to those of the Paulicians, with whom they are sometimes connected. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He has a high place among Anglican theologians, and as a defender of the doctrine of the Trinity was held in high esteem even by Continental Romanist controversialists. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The fathers of the Evangelical school were men of naturally strong and vigorous understandings, robust and rugged, and sometimes eccentric, but quite able to cope with the controversialists, like Bishop Tomline, who attacked them. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 In politics he proved very able both as an administrator and as a controversialist; but his record as an office-holder is stained by the use he made of his position to advance his relatives. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin "You then incline to the doctrine of Mr. Blunt, Miss Effingham?" observed the other controversialist a little reproachfully. Homeward Bound or, the Chase No request could be more acceptable to Lady Warner, who was a housekeeper first and a controversialist afterwards. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger C. is regarded as one of the ablest controversialists of the Anglican Church. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The deepest controversialists of that scholastic day find here a woman, whom all their trained and sharpened intellects are inadequate to foil. Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") Whatever say priests or controversialists," murmured M. Emanuel, "God is good, and loves all the sincere. Villette And meanwhile what attracted her was not in the least the controversialist and the man of letters—it was the priest, the Christian, the ascetic. Eleanor I do not think the attack on Transubstantiation the most successful point of the orthodox Protestant controversialists. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge He was a voluminous writer, and a keen and acrimonious controversialist against the Puritans. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature As a teacher, he is in deadly earnest; as a controversialist, his first object is to refute and convince. Latin Literature He was a born controversialist and always ready to discuss any subject in politics, religion or philosophy. Sketches from Concord and Appledore The militant bishop is intolerable now even, when he is nothing more formidable than a controversialist. Two Summers in Guyenne In both these lines of his activity circumstances forced upon him the position of a controversialist whose aims and results are by the necessity of the case desultory and ephemeral. Among My Books Second Series H. was a keen controversialist, contending for the strictly scientific view of all subjects as distinguished from the metaphysical or theological, and accordingly encountered much opposition, and a good deal of abuse. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The spirit in which Paul approached his difficult audience teaches all Christian missionaries and controversialists a needed and neglected lesson. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Above all, they are invaluable to the scholastic controversialists, and the new philosopher will not undertake to displace them in these fields. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Agur's third saying has been likewise sadly misconstrued by the ancient Pharisaic controversialist and by his faithful modern successors. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur He was a Protestant controversialist, and a satirist of fantastic and abundant imagination. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 He was a formidable controversialist, and a strenuous upholder of the divine right of Presbytery. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature We were equals—debaters, not controversialists—friends, not rivals—in the quest for truth. The History of David Grieve Now, if the supposed controversialist were a Homeric critic, he would not admit any difficulty. Homer and His Age He was a man of very extensive learning in the earlier and later Scholastic theology of the Church; he was a sharp-witted and ready controversialist, and he knew how to use his weapons in disputations. Life of Luther The Scriptures which we have received, not without knowledge of the grounds on which controversialists defend them, have proved themselves to us by their own witness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms G., however, appears to have maintained his wide reading in some degree, and his study of Bossuet and other controversialists led to his becoming in 1753 a Romanist. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The manifestoes of opposing generals, advancing to pillage, to burn, to destroy, contain not a tithe of the ferocity which animates the pages of literary controversialists! The Disowned — Complete The cobwebs were kindred to the works of these controversialists, because their arguments were intricate and obscure. An Essay on Criticism Charges of immorality against opponents were the stock-in-trade of the controversialist, while the greatest authorities in the Church allow that heresy lived upon the scandals and negligences of the Church. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 They are talking about Doctor Boyne and Captain Shandon," Warrington said, "who are the two Irish controversialists of the Dawn and the Day, Dr. Boyne being the Protestant champion and Captain Shandon the Liberal orator. The History of Pendennis He was one of the most formidable controversialists of a highly controversial age. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature In 1526 William Tyndale, a zealous Protestant controversialist then in exile in Germany, published an excellent English translation of the New Testament. A History of English Literature With Mr. Wheeler's aid I drew up a long list of the abusive epithets applied by Christian controversialists to their Pagan opponents or to each other. Prisoner for Blasphemy During the closing years of Charles, and through the reign of James, Dryden added to the duties of Court Poet those of political pamphleteer and theological controversialist. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 "The Idols of the Market-Place" have reference to the tendency to confound words with things, which has ever marked controversialists in their learned disputations. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation The restoration had terminated his work as a controversialist and politician. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Trained in philosophy and disputation, his gentleness and tact in dealing with those who opposed him are a lesson to all controversialists. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets The younger man did not present the appearance of a crushed controversialist. The Wolf's Long Howl People had begun to think of him as a controversialist, acute, keen, and persevering, occupied with his personal wrongs and schemes of attack and defence. Precaution I can’t answer his arguments, you see, or yours either; I am an Englishman, and not a controversialist. Yeast: a Problem Dr. Horsley was the controversialist, later on Bishop of St. David's and next of Rochester. Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 History, says the Jewish controversialist, teaches no such lessons of finality. Judaism He could be silent when speech was dangerous, but at other times he was a most cheerful and charming companion, and in public the most eloquent orator and the most brilliant controversialist of his age. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic Sir," replied the controversialist, who forgot even his present distress in such discussions as these, "you cannot fickle me sae easily as you do opine. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 It is true that some of the subjects of controversy were logically vital ultimately; but it is true also that, absorbed in them, the controversialists lost sight of other matters more spiritually vital immediately. England under the Tudors He was not only a profound scholar, an eloquent preacher, and a famous controversialist, but a great organizer, and a natural politician. The Emancipation of Massachusetts The vicar of their pleasant rural parish was not a controversialist, but a good hand at whist, and one who had a joke always ready for a blooming female parishioner. The Mill on the Floss He contributed to the Tracts for the Times, though as a controversialist he was never powerful, sweetness not strength being the characteristic of his mind. Lectures and Essays Few of his works, indeed, show more strikingly his brilliant powers as a controversialist and his implacable determination to get at the truth of whatever engaged his attention. The Fair Haven The public inclination was to be tolerant of all but the intolerant, and that attitude is reflected in all the literature of the time, except the specifically partisan writings of controversialists. England under the Tudors —Gladstone as controversialist. —nature and suffering. —historians and practical discipline: an antagonist "rouses his corruption". —the Casket Letters. —retirement from London. —limitations of the Romanes Lecture, mending the irremediable. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 As usual, this change of front has not yet been noticed by our newspaper controversialists and by the suburban season-ticket holders whose minds the newspapers make. Getting Married Without education, free institutions and universal suffrage are mockeries; semi-learned masses of the population are at the mercy of scheming politicians, controversialists, and pseudo-scientific religionists, and their votes are swayed by prejudice. An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea For Wotton had a far wider range of knowledge, and a more judicious mind, than any of the other controversialists, with the exception of Fontenelle; and in knowledge of antiquity he was Fontenelle's superior. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth The French controversialist is a polished swordsman, to be dreaded in his graces and courtesies. Complete Short Works of George Meredith He was a scholar, a linguist, a controversialist, potent with the tongue and with the pen, commanding in presence, eloquent and persuasive in discourse. Pioneers of France in the New World He took his place among the contributors to the new magazine not as a controversialist but as a man of letters, with such poems as "Tritemius," and "Skipper Ireson's Ride." The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters They greeted him with affection, Julia especially: the boisterous controversialist had come out a gentle, zealous artist in presence of a real danger. Hard Cash He takes a wide enough survey, including the material side of civilisation, even costume, in contrast with some of the later controversialists, who narrowed the field of debate to literature and art. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Nothing could be more ludicrous than the distress of those controversialists who had to invent a plea for Elizabeth which should not be also a plea for William. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 While he would have been no match for him in senatorial debate or on the stump, he completely eclipsed him as a literary controversialist. Life of Stephen A. Douglas The story of the Nag's Head is a pure legend used by controversialists for impugning the validity of Anglican Orders. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 Johnson was the very man for Speke's purposes, zealous and intrepid, a scholar and a practised controversialist, yet as simple as a child. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 He gives his argument a much wider scope than the French controversialists. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth And yet in all his work against the Jansenists there was nothing of the bitterness of the controversialist. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 As the home administrator, no less than as the theological controversialist, Andrew Fuller stands only second to William Carey, the founder of Modern English Missions. Life of William Carey About the middle of the eighteenth century great and learned controversialists, struck by the necessity of correcting popular errors endorsed by historians, made and published to the world very remarkable works. Catherine De Medici He was indeed a great master of our language, and possessed at once the eloquence of the orator, of the controversialist, and of the historian. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 For the sincere controversialist is above all things a good listener. What's Wrong with the World The writer was an exceedingly able controversialist, and in many respects a deeply religious man. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 "The Idols of the Market- Place" have reference to the tendency to confound words with things, which has ever marked controversialists in their learned disputatious. Beacon Lights of History One controversialist actually pleaded for the expedition occupying two nights, on the second of which the alleged outrage might have taken place. The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring He was known to be a learned antiquarian, a terrible controversialist, and an incomparable writer. The Unseen World and Other Essays Most controversialists who have opposed the Jesuits assert that the Indians of the missions were, in reality, half slaves. A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 Catharinus was a keen controversialist, but as a theologian he was brilliant rather than solid. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 The French controversialist is a polished swordsman, to be dreaded in his graces and courtesies. An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit My cousin Gertrude was a difficult controversialist to manage, being unconscious of inconsistency in statement and absolutely impervious to reply. The New Machiavelli Although much of Bunyan’s literary activity was devoted to controversy, he had none of the narrowness or bitter spirit of a controversialist. The Life of John Bunyan As an orator Bossuet was far ahead of the preachers of his time, and as a writer and controversialist he had few equals. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 He returned to Metz, in the cathedral of which he held a canonry, and where his abilities as a preacher and a controversialist soon attracted attention. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 He was a particularly neat controversialist, and very full of political and sociological ideas. The New Machiavelli |
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