A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every DenominationSolomon Wiatt, 1809 - 393 Seiten |
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... Voltaire , during a long life , was continually treat- ing the Holy Scriptures with contempt , and endea- vouring to spread the poison of infidelity among the nations . In his last illness he sent for Tronchin . When the doctor came ...
... Voltaire , during a long life , was continually treat- ing the Holy Scriptures with contempt , and endea- vouring to spread the poison of infidelity among the nations . In his last illness he sent for Tronchin . When the doctor came ...
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... Voltaire ; and Lefanu's Let- ters of certain Jews to Voltaire . The hoary infidel cuts but a very sorry figure in the hands of these sons of Abraham . During Voltaire's last visit to Paris , when his triumph was complete , and he had ...
... Voltaire ; and Lefanu's Let- ters of certain Jews to Voltaire . The hoary infidel cuts but a very sorry figure in the hands of these sons of Abraham . During Voltaire's last visit to Paris , when his triumph was complete , and he had ...
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... VOLTAIRE . Paris , the 26th Feb. 1778 . A few days after he wrote the following declaration , in presence of the Abbé Gaultier , the Abbé Mignot , and the Marquis de Villevieille , copied from the min- utes deposited with Mr. Momet ...
... VOLTAIRE . Paris , the 26th Feb. 1778 . A few days after he wrote the following declaration , in presence of the Abbé Gaultier , the Abbé Mignot , and the Marquis de Villevieille , copied from the min- utes deposited with Mr. Momet ...
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... Voltaire had permitted this declaration to be carri- ed to the rector of Sulpice , and to the archbishop of Paris , to know whether it would be sufficient . When The Abbé Gaultier returned with the answer , it was impossible for him to ...
... Voltaire had permitted this declaration to be carri- ed to the rector of Sulpice , and to the archbishop of Paris , to know whether it would be sufficient . When The Abbé Gaultier returned with the answer , it was impossible for him to ...
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... Voltaire is confirmed by a letter from M. de Luc , an eminent philosopher , and a man of the strictest honour and probity . Cowper has alluded to the above circumstances in the character of this arch - infidel . " The Frenchman first in ...
... Voltaire is confirmed by a letter from M. de Luc , an eminent philosopher , and a man of the strictest honour and probity . Cowper has alluded to the above circumstances in the character of this arch - infidel . " The Frenchman first in ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite xv - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Seite 151 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Seite 198 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Seite 330 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Seite 263 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Seite 272 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Seite 225 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Seite 295 - But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Seite 317 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Seite 270 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.