| 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
...p. 297. 254 THE fclVINE LEGATION [Book III; " inclined to Atheism, ag the time of Augustu* " Caesar, were civil times. But Superstition hath " been the...*' 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
...as looking no farther, and we see the times inclined to atheism, (as the time of Augustus Caesar,) were civil times: but superstition hath been the confusion...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 - 310 pages
...as looking no 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 - 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...themselves, as looking no further : 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 u new primum mobile, 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.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...themselves, as looking no farther : and we see the times inclined to atheism, as the time of Augustus Caesar, were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion...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... | |
| Free thought - 1819 - 654 pages
...as looking no further ; and we see the times inclined to Atheism (as the times of Augustus Caesar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states 4 and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravishetb all the spheres of government." Indeed, nothing... | |
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