 We are, as it were, laying gunpowder, grain by grain, under the old building of error and superstition, which a single spark may hereafter inflame, so as to produce an instantaneous explosion...  The poems of George Huddesford - Pagina 18door George Huddesford - 1801Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1815 - 880 pagina’s
...from the style of ironical pleasantry in which they were written.54 In this state of irritation, fhe old building of error and superstition, which a single spark may hereafter inflame, so as to produce an instantaneoui explosion, in consequence of which thai edifice, the erection of which has been tin work... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 pagina’s
...nature which lie dormant for a time, but which, in proper circumstances, act with the greatest violence. We are, as it were, laying gunpowder, grain by grain,...superstition, which a single spark may hereafter inflame, no as to produce an instantaneous explosion; in consequence of which that edifice, the erection of... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 pagina’s
...Socinians, at present concealed, but ready, on a proper occasion, to declare : that a mine is laid under the old building of error and superstition, which a single spark may, and probably soon will, inflame, so as to produce an instantaneous explosion ; inconsequence of which,... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pagina’s
...Socinians, at present concealed, but ready, on a proper occasion, to declare : that a mine is laid under the old building of error and superstition, which a single spark may, and probably soon will, inflame, so as to produce an instantaneous explosion ; in consequence of which,... | |
 | William Jones, William Stevens - 1826 - 446 pagina’s
...us, that Unitarians axe as good subjects as Trinitarians ; and in an adjoining page, that they are laying gunpowder, grain by grain, under the old building...and superstition, which a single spark may hereafter enflame *. This open unguarded temper, which lays a plot, and then tells it to every body, has brought... | |
 | 1830 - 308 pagina’s
...in proper circumstances, act with the greatest " violence. We are, as it were, laying gunpow" der, grain by grain, under the old building of " error...spark may " hereafter inflame, so as to produce an instanta" neons explosion ; in consequence of which that " edifice, the erection of which has been... | |
 | T. S. Memes - 1867 - 548 pagina’s
...persons, eminent for their worth and their attainments, have conceived him to be justly entitled. 88 " He should be the natural Son of God ; and therefore...man, bat eosceived of the Holy Ghost. I will declare explosion.'1 — Imjwrlance of free Enquiry, p. 40. What Dr Priestley means by the old building of... | |
 | 1875 - 192 pagina’s
...way for it!" ,••-.., And again:— " We are, as it were, laying gunpowder, grain by grain, undei the old building of error and superstition, which a single spark may loreafter inflame, so as to prodnce an instantaneous explosion, in conseqicnce of which that edifice,... | |
 | Annette M. B. Meakin - 1911 - 478 pagina’s
...future in Eighteen Hundred and Eleven. * The passage in which Priestley had excited the mob ran, " We are, as it were, laying gunpowder, grain by grain,...superstition, which a single spark may hereafter inflame." the Birmingham riots in which some £50,000 of property was destroyed. In a letter to Hannah, the Bishop... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 pagina’s
...in his Reflections on the Present State of Free Inquiry in this Country, he spoke of Dissenters as 'laying gunpowder, grain by grain, under the old building...inflame so as to produce an instantaneous explosion' - hence the nickname 'Gunpowder Joe'. 96 In 1780 Priestley took up residence in Birmingham, joining... | |
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