As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the... Annual Register of World Events - Page 2051800Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 624 pages
...confidently fallowed. His religion has nothing in it enlhufiaftic or fuperftitious j he appears neither. 205 neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly fceptical ;...care of pleafing the Author of his being. " Truth is fhown fometimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimes appears half veiled in an allegory ; fometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 484 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency...care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fhewn fbmetimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimes appears half-veiled in an allegory; fometimes... | |
| samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid.. All the enchantment of .fancy and all the...care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fliewn fometimes as the phantom of a vifion,. fometimes appears half-veiled in an allegory; fometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 258 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency...care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimes appears half-veiled in an allegory; fometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 476 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency...recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of plcafing the Author of his being. Truth is ihewn fometimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimes appears... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly fccptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency...recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafingthe Author of his being. Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimes appears... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1781 - 506 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly tceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his i-cal intereft, the care of pleafing the author of his being. Truth is (hewn fometimes as the phantom... | |
| Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, arc employed to recommend to the leader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fhenn fometimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimcs appears half veiled in an allegory ; fometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument arc employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleating the Author of his being.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 484 pages
...fceptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid; All the en^ chantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed...care of pleafing the Author of his being*, Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom of a vifion, fometimes appears half-veiled in an allegory ; fometimes... | |
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