 An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser part mingles among ordinary mortals ; consequently, he is considered an especial favourite of heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint may commit...  The Origin of Priesthood - Side 110af Gunnar Landtman - 1905 - 217 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Edward William Lane - 1836 - 464 sider
...who are justly the least entitled to such respect *. An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser...heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint may commit (and there are many who are constantly infringing precepts of their religion) such acts do not affect... | |
 | Edward William Lane - 1836 - 472 sider
...who are justly the least entitled to such respect*. An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser part mingles * As is the case also in Switzerland. among ordinary mortals ; consequently, he is considered an especial... | |
 | 1837 - 704 sider
...better accounted for than we had imagined; the case being that ' the mind 'of the idiot is (literally) in heaven, while his grosser part 'mingles among ordinary...he is considered 'an especial favourite of heaven.' The order of persons holding the repute of saints forfeit none of their respect by taking a practical... | |
 | 1838 - 534 sider
...impossible that they could have been raised by human hands An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser part mingles among ordinary mortals; consequemly, he is considered an especial favourite ol heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint... | |
 | John Foster - 1844 - 590 sider
...better accounted for than we had imagined ; the case being that " the mind of the idiot is (literally) in heaven, while his grosser part mingles among ordinary...he is considered an especial favourite of heaven." The order of persons holding the repute of saints forfeit none of their respect by taking a practical... | |
 | John Foster - 1844 - 432 sider
...better accounted for than we had imagined ; the case being that "the mind of the idiot is (literally) in heaven, while his grosser part mingles among ordinary...he is considered an especial favourite of heaven." The order of persons holding the repute of saints forfeit none of their respect by taking a practical... | |
 | 1849 - 586 sider
...faculties of his soul being totally absorbed in devotion. An idiot, or a fool, is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser part mingles among ordinary mortals; and he is consequently regarded as an especial favourite of heaven. Before we came Selim took good... | |
 | Edward William Lane - 1860 - 656 sider
...who are justly the least entitled to such respect.i An idiot or a fool is vulgarly^' regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser...heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint may commit (and there are many who are constantly infringing precepts of their religion), such acts do not affect... | |
 | John Porter Brown - 1868 - 432 sider
...who are justly the least entitled to such respect. An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser...Heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint may commit (and there are many who are constantly infringing precepts of their religion), such acts do not affect... | |
 | James Thomson - 1884 - 200 sider
...who are justly the least entitled to such respect. An idiot or a fool is vulgarly regarded by them as a being whose mind is in heaven, while his grosser...mortals ; consequently, he is considered an especial favorite of heaven. Whatever enormities a reputed saint may commit (and there are many who are constantly... | |
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