| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1833 - 844 pages
...contains so much in a few words, and is so much to the point, that we will extract a part of it. " The master of superstition is the " people, and in all superstition wise " men follow fools ; an;l arguments are " fitted to practice in a reversed order. " The causes of superstition are pleasing... | |
| William Warburton - 1811 - 416 pages
...LEGATION [Book III; " inclined to Atheism, ag the time of Augustu* " Caesar, were civil times. But Superstition hath " been the confusion of many States...*' in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the u spheres of Government. The Master of Super" stition is the People." This is a paragraph totally .unworthy... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 414 pages
...fact and argument, he makes up in wit,. and the ornaments of fancy : as where he says, Superstition bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. By wliich pompous figure, borrowed of the Peripatetic Philosophy, no more is meant than the Churchman's... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...farther, and we see the times inclined to atheism, (as the time of Augustus Caesar,) were civil times: but superstition hath been the confusion of many states,...arguments are fitted to practice in a reversed order. It was gravely said, by some of the prelates in the council of Trent, where the doctrine of the schoolmen... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 292 pages
...arealways handling holy things, but without feeling ; so as they must needs be cauterized in the end. 60. The master of superstition is the people. And in all superstition, wise men follow fools. % 61. In removing superstitions, care would be had, that (as it.fareth in ill purgings,) the good be... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...farther, and we see the times inclined to atheism, (as the time of Augustus Caesar,) were civil times; but superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new " prim urn mo" bile," that ravisheth all the spheres of government. The master of superstition is the... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...always handling holy things, but without feeling ; so as they must needs be cauterized in the end. 60. The master of superstition is the people. And in all superstition, wise men follow fools. Y 2 61. In removing superstitions, care should be had, that, as it fareth in ill purgings, the good... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...always handling holy things, but without feeling ; so as they must needs be cauterized in the end. 60. The master of superstition is the people. And in all superstition, wise men follow fools. Y 2 i 61. In removing superstitions, care should be had, that, as it fareth in ill purgings, the good... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...farther : and we see the times inclined to atheism, as the time of Augustus Caesar, were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states...arguments are fitted to practice in a reversed order. It was gravely said by some of the prelates in the Council of Trent, where the doctrine of the schoolmen... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...farther, and we see the ti nes inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Caesar) were civil times: but superstition hath been the confusion of many states,...arguments are fitted to practice in a reversed order. It was gravely said, by some of the prelates in the council of Trent, where the doctrine of the schoolmen... | |
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