Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in the time of George iii, Volume 1;Volume 122 |
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Pagina x
... doubt that this plan was expedient , no one could more doubt than I did the capacity brought to its execution , or feel more dis- trustful of the pen held by a hand which had so long been lifted up only in the contentions of the Senate ...
... doubt that this plan was expedient , no one could more doubt than I did the capacity brought to its execution , or feel more dis- trustful of the pen held by a hand which had so long been lifted up only in the contentions of the Senate ...
Pagina 1
... inquiries have led him to doubt upon the foundations of religion , or even to disbelieve its truths , as of a bitter enemy to all belief in the evidence of things B unseen - an enemy whose assaults were directed by malignant.
... inquiries have led him to doubt upon the foundations of religion , or even to disbelieve its truths , as of a bitter enemy to all belief in the evidence of things B unseen - an enemy whose assaults were directed by malignant.
Pagina 4
... doubt , or see reason for doubting ; because no one has a right to speculate and take the chances of being innocent ; guiltless if his doubts are well founded , guilty if they are not . The virtuous course here is the safe one . This is ...
... doubt , or see reason for doubting ; because no one has a right to speculate and take the chances of being innocent ; guiltless if his doubts are well founded , guilty if they are not . The virtuous course here is the safe one . This is ...
Pagina 6
... doubts . with a show of cleverness ; and were he to mingle the least wit with his argument , he would straight- way be charged ... doubt of the truths of Christianity in consequence of his attention having originally been directed to the ...
... doubts . with a show of cleverness ; and were he to mingle the least wit with his argument , he would straight- way be charged ... doubt of the truths of Christianity in consequence of his attention having originally been directed to the ...
Pagina 8
... doubt the priest's power , or refuse an explicit assent to his dogmas , which our reason , nay our senses rejected , while he refused all access to the inspired volumes which contained , or were said to contain , their only warrant ...
... doubt the priest's power , or refuse an explicit assent to his dogmas , which our reason , nay our senses rejected , while he refused all access to the inspired volumes which contained , or were said to contain , their only warrant ...
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Pagina 27 - Quand on a tout perdu, quand on n'a plus d'espoir, La vie est un opprobre, et la mort un devoir.
Pagina 330 - Helmont, who flourished at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century...
Pagina 246 - I wish it were still in my power to be a hypocrite in this particular. The common duties of society usually require it; and the ecclesiastical profession only adds a little more to an innocent dissimulation, or rather simulation, without which it is impossible to pass through the world.
Pagina 291 - Guttierez, a page of the queen's wardrobe. Guttierer perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight, the joyful sound of " Land ! land ! " was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships.
Pagina 207 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation ; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker, and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the earl of Strafford...
Pagina 291 - Land!" was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships. But having been so often deceived by fallacious appearances, every man was now become slow of belief, and waited in all the anguish of uncertainty and impatience for the return of day. As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled.
Pagina 196 - I passed them agreeably, and in good company; and my appointments, with my frugality, had made me reach a fortune which I called independent, though most of my friends were inclined to smile when I said so: in short, I was now master of near a thousand pounds.
Pagina 230 - I was struck with a disorder in my bowels, which at first gave me no alarm, but has since, as I apprehend it, become mortal and incurable. I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange, have, notwithstanding the great decline of my person, never suffered a moment's abatement of my spirits; insomuch that, were I to name...
Pagina 48 - C'est ainsi que la terre avec plaisir rassemble Ces chênes, ces sapins, qui s'élèvent ensemble : Un suc toujours égal est préparé pour eux; Leur pied touche aux enfers, leur cime est dans les cieux*: Leur tronc...
Pagina 21 - ... diction leaves on the mind. Some of the passages are marked by their supposed allusion to the priesthood of his own times ; and one especially is generally given as his first declaration of war against the sacred order : — 4 " Nos prStres ne sont point ce qu'un vain peuple pense — Notre credulite fait toute leur science.