 | 1841 - 580 pagina’s
...in all superstition wise men follow fools ; and arguments are fitted to practice in a reversed order There is a superstition in avoiding superstition,...farthest from the superstition, formerly received."— FEANCIS BACON. Historians tell us, that gross barbarism is by no means necessary to the growth and... | |
 | Miss Lambert (F.) - 1844 - 200 pagina’s
...CANNOT BE QUOTED—NO—NOR EVEN THE LUTHERAN REFORMERS."— ARCHDEACON HOOK. "THERE IS A SCPERSTTTION IN AVOIDING SUPERSTITION, WHEN MEN THINK TO DO BEST...IF THEY GO FARTHEST FROM THE SUPERSTITION FORMERLY RECEIVED."—BACON. c-o THE CROSS AND SACRED MONOGRAM. " Nor have there been wanting some who have... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1844 - 614 pagina’s
...place, this great man says, " Superstition is the reproach of the Deity. "Without a veil, superstition is a deformed thing; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be like a man, so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more deformed." But to our present... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pagina’s
...much, than that in parting with them they should lose faith altogether. " There is (says Lord Bacon) a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best, if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received. Therefore care should be had, that (as it fareth... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pagina’s
...universal frame is without a deity. Against, As an ape appears the more deformed for his resemblance to man, so the similitude of superstition to religion makes it the more odious. What affectation is in civil matters, such is superstition in divine. It were better to have... | |
 | Protestant association - 1847 - 424 pagina’s
...matters by human, which cannot but breed mixture of imaginations." — " Superstition without a veil is a deformed thing; for as it addeth deformity to...superstition to religion makes it the more deformed; as wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt into a number of petty... | |
 | Charles Ollier - 1848 - 270 pagina’s
...place, this great man says, " Superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Without a veil, superstition is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth deformity to an ape to be like a man, so the similitude of superstition to religion maketh it the more deformed." But to our... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pagina’s
...calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for, as it addeth defonnity to an ape to be so like a man, so the similitude of...corrupteth to little worms, so good forms' and orders cornipt into a number of petty observances. There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pagina’s
...joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition without a veil is a deformed thing: for as it addclh deformity to an ape to be so like a man; so the similitude...the superstition formerly received: therefore care would be had, that, as it farclh in ill purgings, the good be not taken nwny with the bnd. 274 2/5... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pagina’s
...lastly, barbarous times, especially joined with calamities and disasters. Superstition, without a veil, is a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to...wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms ar С orders corrupt into a number of petty observances. There is a superstition in avoiding superstition,... | |
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There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best if they go furthest from the superstition formerly received... 
