 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 460 sider
...elegant young sceptics. Swift was never more spirited than in this daring attack upon the Deists : "If Christianity were once abolished, how could the free-thinkers,...deprived of from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be... | |
 | Edmund William Gosse - 1891 - 462 sider
...elegant young sceptics. Swift was never more spirited than in this daring attack upon the Deists : "If Christianity were once abolished, how could the free-thinkers,...deprived of from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 sider
...elegant young sceptics. Swift was never more spirited than in this daring attack upon the Deists : "If Christianity were once abolished, how could the free-thinkers,...deprived of from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 sider
...Sacramental Test." is a very happy and judicious irony. One passage in it deserves to be selected. "If Christianity were once abolished, how could the free-thinkers,...of from those, whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against 10 religion, and would therefore never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 sider
...abolishing Christianity is a very happy and judicious irony. One passage in it deserves to be selected. ' If Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers,...all points, whereon to display their abilities? What wonderriil productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice,... | |
 | 1898 - 388 sider
...the least imaginable Danger to their Persons. AND to urge another Argument of a parallel Nature. If Christianity were once abolished, how could the FREE-THINKERS,...of, from those whose Genius, by continual Practice, hath been wholly turned upon Raillery and Invectives against Religion, and would therefore never be... | |
 | Percy Dearmer - 1898 - 396 sider
...the least imaginable Danger to their Persons. AND to urge another Argument of a parallel Nature. If Christianity were once abolished, how could the FREE-THINKERS,...profound Learning, be able to find another Subject so caleulated in all Points, whereon to display their Abilities ? What wonderful Productions of Wit should... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1900 - 352 sider
...the least imaginable danger to their persons. And to urge another argument of a parallel nature : If Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers,...to find another subject so calculated in all points 1 So the "Miscellanies" (I711)and Hawkesworth. Faulkner, Scott, and Craik print, "in refusing to enter."... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1901 - 296 sider
...the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find anas other subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display...wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against 30 religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves, upon any other subject... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 sider
...the least imaginable danger to their persons. And to urge another argument of a parallel nature : if Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers,...of from those whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would, therefore, be never... | |
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And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display... 
