corcellius

Updated: June 10, 2025

Whence could he have this idea? I imagine somebody has told him, that it would injure the fortune of his children if he approved of such books; and that, on the contrary, he would find favour by hurting me. We must, therefore, have recourse to Corcellius or Corvinus."

M. de (Jean Lévesque) Burigny - The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius: Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works

We must therefore have recourse to Corcellius or Corvinus. He elsewhere complains of the too great timidity of this old friend, who at bottom approved of Grotius's sentiments, but durst not own them publicly, because he was not so independent as Grotius. "The treatise on Anti-christ made much noise among all the declared enemies of the Romish church.

Charles Butler - The Life of Hugo Grotius : With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands