 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1857 - 514 sayfa
...that Chriftianity is not fo much as a fubject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, difcovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the prefent age, this were an agreed point among all people of difcernment ; and nothing remained but to... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1858 - 694 sayfa
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisal, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.' Gibbon, we may be sure, had... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1858 - 486 sayfa
...decline. "It- has come," he says, "to be taken for granted that Christianity is no longer a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly it is treated as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all persons of discernment,... | |
 | Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 508 sayfa
...know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. . . On the contrary, thus much, at least, will be here found, not taken for granted, but proved, that... | |
 | 1859 - 712 sayfa
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not » much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered...to be fictitious. And, accordingly, they treat it sis if in the present age this was an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained... | |
 | Sara S. Hennell - 1859 - 70 sayfa
...Advertisement, "to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. . . . Thus much, at / least, will be here found, not taken for granted, but proved, that any reasonable... | |
 | Alfred Ollivant - 1860 - 94 sayfa
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is, now at length, discovered...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisal, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." Similar testimonies might... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1860 - 494 sayfa
...know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry , but that it is, now at length, discovered...present age, this were an agreed point among all people • h of discernment ; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule,... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1860 - 402 sayfa
...come," he says, " to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is no longer a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were * Preface to An Humble Attempt toward the Revival of Practical Religion. Ed. 1735. t Hurrion's Sermons... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1860 - 530 sayfa
...Butler writes that " it is come to bo taken for granted, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. Accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,... | |
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I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious... 
