| Ambrose Marten - 1826 - 926 páginas
...picture imagination ™*sented. But when she gazed on the face of nature, a THE VICTIM OF SUPERSTITION. Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and...arise from it, as a strong, steady, masculine piety ; bat enthusiasm and superstition are the weakness of human reason, that expose us to the scorn and... | |
| Ambrose Marten - 1827 - 382 páginas
...disconsolate, and no visitor could now have proved half so welcome as death. THE VICTIM OF SUPERSTITION. Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and...masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition are the weakness of human reason, that expose us to the scorn and derision of infidels, and sink us even below... | |
| 1836 - 1118 páginas
...putting on or off his different accoutrements, according to the different parti be wa« to act in them. Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and ornamental to human nature, setting aside the iutinite advantages which arise from it, as a strong, steady, masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and... | |
| 1840 - 272 páginas
...which shall be given with minuteness, according to the information we have received on the subject. NOTHING is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and...masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition are the wcakn«s:>es of human reason, that expose us to the scorn and derision of infidels, and sink us even... | |
| 1841 - 554 páginas
...and in his grey hone, that is kept in the stable with great care and tenderness, out of regard to his past services, though he has been useless several...it — as a strong, steady, masculine piety ; but Enthnsiasm and Superstition are the weaknesses of human reason — that expose • s to the scorn and... | |
| 1853 - 756 páginas
...accouterments, according to the different parts he was to act in them. Nothing is so glorious in tie eyes of mankind and ornamental to human nature, setting...a strong, steady, masculine piety; but enthusiasm nnd superstition are the weaknesses of human reason, that expose us to the scorn and derision of infidels,... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 páginas
...putting on or off his dif ferent accoutrements, according to the different parts he was to i« in them. Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and...nature, setting aside the infinite advantages which ari-e from it, as a strong, steady, masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition are the weaknesses... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 páginas
...putting on or off his different accoutrements, according to the different parts he was to act in them. Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and...masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition arc the weaknesses of human reason, that expose us to the scorn and derision of infidels, and sink... | |
| 1856 - 220 páginas
...the principle of divine worship, it manifestly points to a Supreme Being as the first author of it. Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and...arise from it, as a strong, steady, masculine piety. BEHAVIOUR AT CHURCH. PERHAPS in no place is a well-bred person more readily distinguished than in a... | |
| James M. Hewins - 1856 - 192 páginas
...influence of passion, imagination, and constitution. ' A man should be religious, not superstitious.' " Nothing is so glorious in the eyes of mankind, and ornamental to human nature, as a strong, steady, masculine piety ; but enthusiasm and superstition are the weakness of human reason,... | |
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