 | David Simpson - 1825 - 398 trang
...mob. — He" was a great admirer of the sect of Confucius in China, who were Atheists themselves, or left religion to the rabble. He was a corrupter of...delivered himself up wholly to study, ease, and pleasure." Burnet't Own Time», AD 1674. Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, was " a man of various... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 504 trang
...things were as they are from all eternity. At least he thought religion was fit only for the mobp. He was a great admirer of the sect of Confucius in...delivered himself up wholly to study, ease, and pleasure 1. He entered PA word of dignity for an example of the finest sorts of historian. S. learning. They... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 536 trang
...does credit to the royal judgment. Dibdin's Library Companion, pp. vii. and 602. f See p. 130., ante. for the mob. He was a great admirer of the sect of...of all that came near him, and he delivered himself wholly to study, ease, and pleasure." * Although we have no evidence of any particular cause of estrangement... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 540 trang
...does credit to the royal judgment. Dibdin's Library Companion, pp. vii. and 602. t See p. 130., ante. for the mob. He was a great admirer of the sect of...of all that came near him, and he delivered himself wholly to study, ease, and pleasure." * Although we have no evidence of any particular cause of estrangement... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 trang
...things were as they are from all eternity ; at least, he thought religion was fit only for the mob. He was a corrupter of all that came near him, and he delivered himself up wholly to study ease and pleasure's."i As a companion, he was social and humorous, and it has been said that he never made an... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1850 - 996 trang
...Confucius in China, who were atheists themselves, but left religion to the rabble. He was a cormpter of all that came near him. And he delivered himself up wholly to study ease and pleasure *. He entered into a close friendship with lord Danby, who depended much on him ; and was directed... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 trang
...things were as they are from all eternity ; at least, he thought religion was fit only for the mob. He was a corrupter of all that came near him, and he delivered himself up wholly to study ease and pleasure's."1 As a companion, he was social and humorous, and it has been said that he never made an... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1900 - 562 trang
...that things were as they are from all eternity : at least he thought religion was only for the mob3. He was a great admirer of the sect of Confucius in...delivered himself up wholly to study ease and pleasure 4. 1 Temple states that nothing was statesman, a writer, and as a lover said on this point except by... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1900 - 220 trang
...Temple] thought religion was fit only for the mob. — Swift. A word of dignity for an historian. Burnet. He was a corrupter of all that came near him. And...delivered himself up wholly to study, ease, and pleasure. — Swift. Sir William Temple was a man of virtue, to which Burnet was a stranger. P. 380. Burnet,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1902 - 468 trang
...Temple] thought religion was fit only for the mob. — Swift. A word of dignity for an historian. Burnet. He was a corrupter of all that came near him. And...delivered himself up wholly to study, ease, and pleasure. — Swift. Sir William Temple was a man of virtue, to which Burnet was a stranger. P. 380. Burnet,... | |
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He seemed to think that things were as they are from all eternity : at least, he thought religion was fit only for the mob. He was a great admirer of the sect of Confucius in China, who were atheists themselves, but left religion to the rabble. He was... 
