This gave rise to an observation respecting his ' Age of Reason/ the publication of which I said had lost him the good opinion of numbers of his English advocates. He became uncommonly warm at this remark, and in a tone of singular energy declared, that... Letters from France, in 1802 - Page 361by Henry Redhead Yorke - 1804Full view - About this book
| W. T. Sherwin - 1819 - 306 pages
...mischievous fellows when they turned politicians.' This gave rise to an observation respecting his ' Age of Reason/ the publication of which I said had lost him...Being, that I ever heard or read of. In the support of his opinion, he avowed himself ready to lay down his life, and «aid, ' the Bishop of Llandaff may... | |
| Henry Redhead Yorke - France - 1906 - 394 pages
...became uncommonly warm at this remark, and said he only published it " to inspire mankind with a higher idea of the Supreme Architect of the Universe, and to put an end to villanous imposture." He then broke out into violent invectives against Christianity, declaring at... | |
| Henry Redhead Yorke - France - 1906 - 376 pages
...became uncommonly warm at this remark, and said he only published it " to inspire mankind with a higher idea of the Supreme Architect of the Universe, and to put an end to villanous imposture." He then broke out into violent invectives against Christianity, declaring at... | |
| Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...from ; and, doubtless, he spoke the truth when he declared that his main purpose in writing it was to "inspire mankind with a more exalted idea of the Supreme Architect of the Universe." I think his judgment must have been impaired before he could have consented to publish so inadequate... | |
| Craig Nelson - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 436 pages
...influence of his doctrines among its people. . . . This gave rise to an observation respecting his "Age of Reason," the publication of which I said had lost...an Omnipotent Being, that I ever heard or read of. Other evidence from this period confirms Yorke's assessment. When Convention deputies honored Paine's... | |
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