"Thomas a kempis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a quarto Shakespeare, I think," he said, "that I marked at Sotheby's, also a manuscript Thomas a Kempis, and a first edition of Herrick. I should ...
— The Malefactor • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... of his unfortunate tragedy, he directed his poetical pursuits to a different species of composition. He now finished his translation in verse, of the "Imitation of Jesus Christ," by Thomas a Kempis. This work, perhaps from the singularity of its dramatic author becoming a religious writer, was attended with astonishing success. Yet Fontenelle did not find in this translation the prevailing charm of the original, which consists in that simplicity and naivete which are lost ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli
... miniature Thomas a Kempis, "for the edification of children;" two catechisms; a little work entitled "Treasure for those who desire God," and other works of similar character. A list, not complete, but containing all the books I have been able to collect, ...
— The Communistic Societies of the United States • Charles Nordhoff
... blasting influence in my zenith for once made a revolution to the nadir." In Edinburgh, which Burns reached in November, 1786, he was introduced by Blacklock to all the literati, and within a fortnight he was writing to a friend: "I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan; and you may expect to see my birthday inscribed among the wonderful events in the Poor Robin and Aberdeen Almanacks, along with the Black Monday and ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol X • Various
... French it is claimed that Jean Charlier de Gerson was the author of de Imitatione Christi, usually attributed to Thomas a Kempis. ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various |
