The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
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... appears that Christendom did very well without it for 900 years ; and , pro- bably , very few of the rationally devout would complain if it were placed in the same situation for 900 years to come . was a saying of the Dutch General ...
... appears that Christendom did very well without it for 900 years ; and , pro- bably , very few of the rationally devout would complain if it were placed in the same situation for 900 years to come . was a saying of the Dutch General ...
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... appear from the following ex- tract : - 66 Authority is the greatest and most irreconcilable enemy to truth and argument that this world ever furnished out . All the sophistry , all the colour of plausibility , all the argument and ...
... appear from the following ex- tract : - 66 Authority is the greatest and most irreconcilable enemy to truth and argument that this world ever furnished out . All the sophistry , all the colour of plausibility , all the argument and ...
Page 64
... appear to us to be true ? " Throughout the world belief depends chiefly upon localities , and the accidents of birth . The doctrines instilled into our infant mind are , in almost every instance , retained as they were received - with ...
... appear to us to be true ? " Throughout the world belief depends chiefly upon localities , and the accidents of birth . The doctrines instilled into our infant mind are , in almost every instance , retained as they were received - with ...
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... Appears in water to be bent , So men and measures , foul or fair , Viewed through the bigot's element , ( Such are the optics of their mind , ) They crooked or straightforward find . But , ought we not to treat even the most HEADS AND ...
... Appears in water to be bent , So men and measures , foul or fair , Viewed through the bigot's element , ( Such are the optics of their mind , ) They crooked or straightforward find . But , ought we not to treat even the most HEADS AND ...
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... appear enormous ; but they will not be deemed disproportionate , if we reflect that his office , being nearly a sinecure , is renumerated in the inverse ratio of its claims . Scandal , indeed , is thus brought upon the whole priesthood ...
... appear enormous ; but they will not be deemed disproportionate , if we reflect that his office , being nearly a sinecure , is renumerated in the inverse ratio of its claims . Scandal , indeed , is thus brought upon the whole priesthood ...
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