Port-Royalists

Somebody, however, on their behalf, rejoined to Racine, whereupon the young author wrote a second letter to the Port-Royalists, which he showed to his friend Boileau.

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

It pained the good Port-Royalists to see their late gifted pupil, now out of their hands, inclined to write plays.

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

With the most loyal intentions, the Port-Royalists unwisely edited too much.

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

Whereas the Port-Royalists had suppressed to placate the Jesuits, Condorcet suppressed to please the

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

About 1670 he removed to Paris, became closely associated with the Port-Royalists, and began to cultivate

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Port-Royalists are represented under the figure of David, their antagonists as Saul.

Books Fatal to Their Authors 1892

Saint Malc_, written on the suggestion of the Port-Royalists, the miscellaneous poems, though some of these are admirable, even the

A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

Like the Jesuits, but in a different spirit, the Port-Royalists devoted themselves much to the task of education.

A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

Under the influence of St. Cyran, the Port-Royalists were in close sympathy with the teaching of Jansen, Bishop of Ypres; the writings of their great theologian Antoine Arnauld were vigorously anti-Jesuitical.

A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

Whether or not, as a matter of fact, upon which, as distinct from matters of faith, an infallible pope can be mistaken, the dreary old Dutch bishop Jansenius had really taught Jansenism, the Port-Royalists had found in his "Augustinus" an incentive to devotion, and were avowedly his adherents.

Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays Walter Pater 1866