 The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau : — " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you...  The Letters of the British Spy - Page 83by William Wirt - 1805 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Questions and answers - 1895 - 430 pages
...quotation from Rousseau. " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! " I dispair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you could conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - Orators - 1896 - 546 pages
...silence was a quotation from Rosseau. ' Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ—like a God.' I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...meant by laying such stress on delivery. " You are to call to mind the pitch of passion and enthusiasm to which the congregation were raised ; and then,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1902 - 564 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! " I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such a stress on delivery. ~ William Wirt. FOR PREPARATION.— I. From "The British Spy." "Orange County"... | |
 | Henry Alexander White - Presbytarianism in the U.S. - 1911 - 532 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau, — 'Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God.' "I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...man as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. * * * * * If he had been indeed and in truth an angel of light, the effect could hardly have been more... | |
 | Arminianism - 1817 - 1000 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : — " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God." I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by thit short sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man, as well aa the... | |
 | Joseph Macaulay Lowe - Cumberland Road - 1925 - 296 pages
...silence was a quotation from Rousseau: "Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God!" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as tht> peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant... | |
 | Leigh Eric Schmidt - History - 2001 - 320 pages
...with the mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks of the congregation. "Never before," Wirt commented, "did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery." As Christ's sufferings were re-acted in Word and then in sacrament, people were caught up in the drama... | |
 | Lamar Williamson - Religion - 2004 - 366 pages
...silence was a quotation from Rousseau: 'Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God!' I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence."3 It is precisely the effect intended by the Johannine account of Jesus' death. cries out,... | |
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