 I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of...  The Spectator - Page 891739Full view - About this book
 | George Oliver - Freemasonry - 1875 - 268 pages
...certain zealous Dissenter who, being a great enemy to Popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number ; because, says he, it is the number of the beast. Several would prefer the... | |
 | William Jones - Superstition - 1880 - 634 pages
...to the selection of lottery tickets, observes : " I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who, being a great enemy to Popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 pages
...certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 606 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.1 Several would prefer... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 248 pages
...give a good deal for. the number 134. On the contrary I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1892 - 252 pages
...certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast. Several would prefer the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - London (England) - 1896 - 346 pages
...certain Zealous Dissenter, who being a great Enemy to Popery, and believing that bad Men are the most fortunate in this World, will lay two to one on the Number 666 against any other Number, because, says he, it is the Number of the Beast. Several would prefer the... | |
 | 1897 - 282 pages
...certain zealous dissenter, ' who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number CO6 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast. Several would prefer... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 420 pages
...certain zealous Dissenter, who being a great enemy to Popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 l against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast. Several would prefer the... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 424 pages
...of the minority who wished, in 1704, to tack a Bill against Occasional Conformity to a Money Bill. being a great enemy to Popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 1 against any other number, because,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1864 - 866 pages
...because it is the year of our Lord. — I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who, bein" a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number ; because,... | |
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