| Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 páginas
...whatfoc'cr Defcent' their Godhead be, Stone, Stock, or other homely Pedigree ; In his Defence his Servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten Gold. For 'tis their Duty, all the Learned think, (6T'efpoufe his Caufe by whom they eat and drink. DryM.... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 páginas
...whatfoe'er Defoent their Godhead be, Stone, Stock, or other homely Pedigree ; In his Defence his Servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten Gold. For 'tis their Duty all the Learned think, T' efpoufe hisCaufe by whom they eat and drink. (Dryd. Atf.... | |
| David Hume - 1757 - 260 páginas
...injure an ibis, an afpic, a cat, a dog, or a crocodile. Thus it is ftrictly true, what Drydm obferves " Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, " Stock, ftone,...the divinity is compofed, the greater devotion is he likely to excite in the breafts of his deluded votaries. They exult in their fhame, and make a merit... | |
| David Hume - 1758 - 568 páginas
...ibis, an afpic, a cat, a dog, or a crocodile. Thus ¡t is ftriébly true, what DB.YDEN obfervcs, *' Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, ** Stock,...As if he had been born of beaten gold. ABSALOM and ARCHITOPHEL. Nay, the bafer the materials are, of which the divinity is compofed, the greater devotion... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 448 páginas
...common wood. This fet the heathen priefthood in a flame ; For priefts of all religions are the fame. Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, Stock, ftone,...are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewifh rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honeft men and wife : For 'twas their... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 318 páginas
...common wood. This fet the heathen priefthood in a flame ; For priefts of all religions are the fame. Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, Stock, ftone,...are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewifh rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honeft men and wife : For 'twas their... | |
| David Hume - 1768 - 540 páginas
...an ibis, an afpic, a cat, a dog, or a crocodile. Thus it is ftrialy true, what DRYDEN obferves, «« Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, " Stock, ftone,...the divinity is compofed, the greater devotion is he likely to excite in the breafts of his deluded votaries. They exult in their fhame, and make a merit... | |
| David Hume - 1772 - 556 páginas
...an ibis, an afpie, a cat, a dog, or a crocodile. Thus it is ftrictly true, what DRYDEN obferves, *' Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, " Stock, ftone, or other homely pedigree, " In his defence his fcrvants are as bold, *' As if he had been born of beaten gold." ABSALOM and ACHITOPHEI,. Nay, the... | |
| John Dryden - 1773 - 260 páginas
...the heathen priefthood in a flame ; For priefts of all religions are the fame. Of whatfoe'er defrent their godhead be, Stock, ftone, or other homely pedigree,...are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewifh Rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honeft men and wife: For 'twas their... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 350 páginas
...common wood. This fet the heathen priefthood in a flame ; For priefts of all religions are the fame. Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, Stock, ftone,...are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewim rabbins, though their enemies, . In this conclude them honeft men and wife : For 'twas their... | |
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