 | 1778 - 350 pages
...enthufiaffi in religion is like an obftinate clown,, a fuperftitious man like an infipid courtier. Enthufiafm has fomething in it of madnefs, fuperftition of folly....church of England have in them ftrong tinftures of enthufiafm, as the Roman-catholic religion is one huge overgrown body of childifh and idle fuperftitions.... | |
 | John Trusler - English language - 1783 - 352 pages
...infipid courtier. Entbufiafm has Something in it of madnefs ; fuperftition, of folly. Moft of tlie fects that fall fhort of the Church of England, have in them ftrong tinctares of enthuJiaj-m ; as the Roman Catholic religion is one huge overgrown body of childifh and... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...enthufiaft in religion fo like an obltinatc clown, a fuperftitious man like an infipid courtier. Enthufiafm has fomething in it of madnefs, fuperftition of folly. Moft of the lefts that fall (hört of the church of England have in them Itrong tinilures of enthufiatm, as the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1796 - 210 pages
...infipiii courtier. Enthufiafm has fomethiug in it of madnel-s, fuperftition of folly. Moft of the iects that fall fhort of the Church of England have in them ftrong tinctures of enthuliafin, as the Roman Catholic religion is one huge overgrown body of childifh and... | |
 | John Lewis (publisher) - 238 pages
...enthufiaft in religion is like an obiiinate clown, a fuperftitious man like an infipid courtier. Enthufiafm has fomething in it of madnefs, fuperftition of folly....fhort of the church of England have in them ftrong tinctures of entnufiafm, as the Roman Catholick religion is one huge over-grown body of childifh and... | |
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Catholick church feems indeed irrecoverably loft in this particular. If -an abfurd drefs or behaviour be introduced in the World, it will foon be found... 