As a teacher of wisdom he maybe confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious ; he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly sceptical ; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the... The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 163by Alexander Chalmers - 1812Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 624 pages
...weakly credulous, nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor imprafticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the Author of his being. " Truth is fhown fometimes as the phantom of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 258 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 476 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of plcafing the Author of his being. Truth is ihewn fometimes as the phantom of... | |
| samuel johnson - 1781 - 258 pages
...fuperftitious: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid.. All the enchantment...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fliewn fometimes as the phantom of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...fuperftitious: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly fccptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafingthe Author of his being. Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom of a... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1781 - 506 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly tceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his i-cal intereft, the care of pleafing the author of his being. Truth is (hewn fometimes as the phantom... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 254 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument arc employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleating the Author of his being.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 484 pages
...fceptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid; All the en^ chantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the Author of his being*, Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom of... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...wantonly fceptical ; his. morality is neither dungeroufly lax, nor implacably rigid; All the enchantments of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleating the Author of his being. Truth is fhown fometimes as the phantom of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly fceptical; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the Author of his being. Truth is fhewn fometimes as the phantom. of... | |
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