 | 1776 - 586 pagina’s
...the ableft orators were not apprehenfive of giving offence to their hearers, by expofmg that doftrine as an idle and extravagant opinion, which was rejected...with contempt by every man of a liberal education and underftanding *. " Since therefore the moft fublime efforts of philofophy can extend no farther than... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - 1801 - 366 pagina’s
...with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life was never regulated by any serious conviction of the...with contempt by every man of a liberal education and understanding."* Examine the laws of Lycurgus, so famous throughout the heathen world. Did he not establish,... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1824 - 464 pagina’s
...with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life was never regulated by any serious conviction of the rewards or punishments of a future life." — Gibbon, i. 558. " That part of repentance which is a religious sorrow, an acknowledgment... | |
 | Jerom Alley - 1826 - 712 pagina’s
...character and station, " were not appre" hensive of giving offence to their hearers, by ex" posing that doctrine as an idle and extravagant " opinion...contempt by every " man of a liberal education and understandingf." * If the Roman Satirists have justly expressed the sentiments of the multitude, the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pagina’s
...be ased that their conduct in this life was never regulated by any serious conviction of rewards nr punishments of a future state.* At the bar and in the senate of me tlie ablest orators were not apprehensive of giving off"iice to their hearers by losing that doctrine... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life & $ understanding. Since, therefore, the most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life ed this book, the labour of years, to the honour of...whether I shall odd anything by my own writings to the л liberal education and understanding. Since, therefore, the most sublime efforts of philosophy can... | |
 | Frank Fairplay - 1846 - 96 pagina’s
...their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life, was never regulated by any serious conviction of the...rewards or punishments of a future state. At the bar, in the senate of Rome, the ablest orators were not apprehensive of giving offence to their hearers... | |
 | 1851 - 372 pagina’s
...with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life was never regulated by any serious conviction of the...with contempt by every man of a liberal education and understanding. f Since therefore the most sublime efforts of philosophy can extend no farther than... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pagina’s
...with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life was never regulated by any serious conviction of the...with contempt by every man of a liberal education and understanding. THE CITY OF BAGDAD— MAGNIFICENCE OF THE CALIPHS. Almansor, the brother and successor... | |
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We are sufficiently acquainted with the eminent persons who flourished in the age of Cicero and of the first Caesars, with their actions, their characters, and their motives, to be assured that their conduct in this life was never regulated by any serious... 
