 ... and in the dark, took every figure for a spectre. The terror of each man became the source of terror to another. And an universal panic being diffused, reason and argument, and common sense and common humanity, lost all influence over them.  The Parliamentary Debates - Side 223af Great Britain. Parliament - 1823Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | David Hume - 1810 - 550 sider
...ears : They were wakened from their slumber ; and, like men affrighted and in the dark, took every figure for a spectre. The terror of each man became...and common humanity, lost all influence over them. From this disposition of men's minds we are to account for the progress of the PoPISH PLoT, and the... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 576 sider
...The terror of each man be- ' 7^7"""' came the source of terror to another. And an ,uni- ! 7 versa! panic being diffused, 'reason, and argument, and common...and common humanity, lost all influence over them. From this disposition of men's minds we are to account for the progress of the POPISH PLOT, ;md the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1813 - 718 sider
...' They were wakened from their slumber; ' and, like men affrighted in the dark, took ' every shadow for a spectre. The terror ' of each man became the...common humanity ' lost all influence over them.'" These generally prevailing apprehensions very naturally led to measures, which might have produced... | |
 | William Eusebius Andrews - 1820 - 502 sider
...among the people, and operated iu defiance o( common sense and demonstration." Hume writes, that " an universal panic being diffused, reason and argument,...sense and common humanity, lost all influence over the people. From this disposition sof men's minds we are to account for the progress and credit of... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1814 - 602 sider
...ears. They were wakened from their slumber ; and, like men affrighted in the dark, took every shadow for a spectre. The terror of each man became the source...and common humanity, lost all influence over them.' " These generally prevailing apprehensions very naturally led to measures •which might have produced... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1814 - 596 sider
...wakened from their slumber ; and, like men affrighted in the dark, took every shadow for a spectre. Ihe terror of each man became the source of terror to...and common humanity, lost all influence over them.'" These generally prevailing apprehensions very naturally led to measures which might have produced the... | |
 | 1823 - 804 sider
...plot, all on a sudden, struck their ears; and they, like men affrighted and in the dark, took every figure for a spectre. The terror of each man became...and common humanity, lost all influence over them. As it was so much the custom to refer to the firm and efficient manner in which their ancestors had... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 478 sider
...took every figure for a spectre. The terror of each man became the source of terror to another ; and a universal panic being diffused, reason, and argument,...and common humanity, lost all influence over them. From this disposition of men's minds we are to account for the progress of the POPISH PI.OT, and the... | |
 | George Canning - 1828 - 456 sider
...plot!' all on a sudden struck their ears; and they, like men affrighted and in the dark, took every figure for a spectre. The terror of each man became...of them to their posterity. But it is not easy to look at the proceedings of the Parliament in 1678, without expressing a doubt whether that be a period... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 434 sider
...took every figure for a spectre. The terror of each man became the source of terror to another. And a universal panic being diffused, reason, and argument,...and common humanity, lost all influence over them. From this disposition of men's minds we are to account for the progress of the POPISH PLOT, and the... | |
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