 Schism, he cries, has turn'd the nation's brain ; But eyes will open, and to church again ! Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more ; When doctrines meet with gen'ral approbation, It is not heresy, but reformation.  The Monthly Epitome - Page 901802Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Knight - Actors - 1894 - 368 pages
...has misled the age, And taints the sound religion of the stage ; ' Schism,' he cries, ' has turn'd the nation's brain; But eyes will open, and to church again !' Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more ! When doctrines meet with... | |
 | J. Albert Swallow - English literature - 1895 - 178 pages
...•Schism', he cries, 'has turned the Nation's brain; But eyes will open, and to Church again' ! Thoii ,jreat infallible, forbear to roar, Thy Bulls and Errors...doctrines meet with general approbation, It is not Heresy, but Reformation." *) This epigram was written in October 1741 and is thus one of the earliest... | |
 | Edward Robins - Actors - 1895 - 390 pages
...heresy corrupts the town : That Whitefield Garrick has misled the age. ' Schism,' he cries, ' has turned the nation's brain, But eyes will open, and to church again ! ' Thou great Infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more ; When doctrines meet with... | |
 | Karl Mantzius - Theater - 1904 - 666 pages
...corrupts the town: That Whitefleld Garrick has misled the age, „Schism," he cries, „has turned the nation's brain, But eyes will open, and to church again!" Thou great Infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors an revefd no more; When doctrines meet with... | |
 | Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton - Actors - 1900 - 340 pages
...Whitfield-Garrick has misled the age, And taints the sound religion of the stage : Schism, he cries, has turn'd the nation's brain ; But eyes will open, and to church again ! Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more ; When doctrines meet with... | |
 | 1864 - 614 pages
...now misleads the age, And taints the sound religion of the stage. ' Schism,' he cries, ' has turned the nation's brain ; But eyes will open, and to church again.' Thou great infallible, forbear to roar ; Thy bulls and errors are revered no more. When doctrines meet with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1858 - 610 pages
...Whiteneld-frarrick has misled the age, And taints the sound religion of the stage : Schism, he cries, has turned the nation's brain ; But eyes will open, and to church again ! Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are revered no more ; When doctrines meet with... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - Epigrams - 1926 - 264 pages
...Whitefield-Garrick has misled the age, And taints the sound religion of the stage. Schism, he cries, has turned the nation's brain, But eyes will open, and to church again ! Thou great infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are revered no more : When doctrines meet with... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1969 - 836 pages
...GARRICK has misled the age, And taints the sound religion of die Stage. He says, that Schism has turn'd the Nation's brain, But eyes will open, and to Church...GRAND INFALLIBLE ! forbear to roar ; Thy Bulls and E.-rors are rever'd no more. When Doctrines meet with general approbation, It is not HERESY, but REFORMATION.... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1864 - 612 pages
...now misleads the age, And taints the sound religion of the stage. ( ' Schism,' he cries, ' has turned the nation's brain ; But eyes will open, and to church again.' Thou great infallible, forbear to roar ; Thy bulls and errors are revered no more. When doctrines meet with... | |
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