 | Biography - 1784 - 552 pages
...inftruments to do ourfelves good : ' If I *4' were caft,' fays he, ' into a deep pit, and the devil fhould *' put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be 1 •'<••*. '••'.- " drawn *l drawn out by it.' Towards the end of his life'he had " very few... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 482 pages
...initruments to do ourfelves good : 'If I were cad, "fays he, ' into a deep pit, and the devil fhould put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.' Towards the end of his life he had very few books, and thofe he read but very little ; thinking he... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 376 pages
...not controul, and probably would avail himself of Hobbes's maxim. He used to say, that, if he was in a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, he "would take hold of it to be drawn out by it. Suppose his majesty should indulge him with an audience,... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...make use of evil instruments to do ourselves good,'' which opinion he thus illustrated " If I were cast into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, I would certainly lay hold of it to accomplish my deliverance." In his disposition he was morose, supercilious,... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...instruments to do ourselves good," which opinion he thus illustrated <[ If I were cast into a de^p pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, I would certainly lay hold of it to accomplish my deliverance." In his disposition he was morose, supercilious,... | |
 | John Lemprière - Biography - 1810 - 698 pages
...of his maxims was, that bad means might he applied to procure a good end ; for, says he, if 1 were cast into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven loot, I would readily lay hold of it to get out. In spite of all his philosophy, it is said, that he... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1814 - 302 pages
...had you the world to dispose of!" — " Shall I be the better for that, when I am dead ?" — "iVo (repeated the sublime Cynic) I would give the whole...that of another order of human beings ! Hobbes would a wary politician, but always an imperfect social being. We find, therefore, that the Philosopher of... | |
 | Biography - 1814 - 538 pages
...that it was lawful to make use of ill instruments to do ourselves good : ' If I were cast,' says he, * into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his...foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.*. Towards the end of his life he had very few books, and those he read but very little ; thinking he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...it was lawful to make use of ill instruments to do ourselves good : » If I were cast,' says he, * into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his...foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.' Towards the end of his life he had very few books, and those he read but very little ; thinking he... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...pabli&ed in 410, in 1668, by John Bteau. ID 1669, he was he) into a deep pit, and the 4eril fhould put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.' He could not endure to be left in an empty houfe. Whenever the earl removed, he would go along with... | |
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But you have so many friends to oblige, had you the world to dispose of !" "Shall I be the better for that when I am dead 3" " No," repeated the sublime cynic, "I would give the whole world to live one day. 
