 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 Seiten
...religion ; so that he passed for a bold and determined atheist, though he often protested to me, that he was not one, and said, he believed there was not one in the world. He was punctual in his payments, and just in all private dealings ; but, with relation to the public, be went... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1897 - 666 Seiten
...Halifax. He was a man of a great and ready wit, full of life, and very pleasant, much turned to satire l. He let his wit run much on matters of religion, so...said he believed there was not one in the world. He confessed he could not swallow down every thing that divines imposed on the world. He was a Christian... | |
 | Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Marquis of Halifax - 1898 - 578 Seiten
...Burnet,2 ' a man of a great and ready wit ; full of life and very pleasant ; 3 much turned to satire. He let his wit run much on matters of religion : so...that he passed for a bold and determined atheist.' Whether this inference actually reflects the real opinion of his youth we cannot say ; but the supposition... | |
 | Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Marquis of Halifax - 1898 - 612 Seiten
...He was a man of a great and ready wit ; full of life, and very pleasant ; 2 much turned to satire. He let his wit run much on matters of religion so that he passed for a bold and determined atheist ; 3 though he often protested to me he was not one ; and said, he believed there was not one in the... | |
 | Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Marquis of Halifax - 1898 - 608 Seiten
...was then often with him. He seemed full of good purposes : but they went off with his sickness. •'' He was always talking of morality and friendship. He was punctual in all payments, and just in all his private dealings. But, with relation to the public, he went backwards and forwards, and changed... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 812 Seiten
...much the weight of one brave man can do . — DRYDEN, JOHN, 1681, Absalom and Achitaphel, v. 882-887. He passed for a bold and determined atheist, though...and said he believed there was not one in the world. — BURNET, GILBERT, 1715-34, History of My Own Time. A man more remarkable for his wit than his steadiness.... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1908 - 282 Seiten
...qualities would be of as little use to them as the reality, which pleasant ; much turned to satire. He let his wit run much on matters of religion, so...atheist ; though he often protested to me he was not one ; said he believed there was not one in the world. . . . The liveliness of his imagination was always... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1908 - 518 Seiten
...qualities would be of as little use to them as the reality, which pleasant; much turned to satire. He let his wit run much on matters of religion, so...atheist; though he often protested to me he was not one; said he believed there was not one in the world. . . . The liveliness of his imagination was always... | |
 | George Savile Marquis of Halifax - 1912 - 302 Seiten
...: ' He was a man of a great and ready wit; full of life, and very pleasant; much turned to satire. He let his wit run much on matters of religion, so...he believed there was not one in the world : he was a Christian in submission: he believed as much as he could and he hoped that God would not not lay... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1918 - 396 Seiten
...He was a man of a great and ready wit ; full of life, and very pleasant ; much 10 turned to satyr. He let his wit run much on matters of religion : So that he passed for a bold and determined Atheist ; tho' he often protested to me, he was not one ; and said, he believed there was not one in the world... | |
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He let his wit run much on matters of religion: so that he passed for a bold and determined atheist; though he often protested to me, he was not one; and said, he believed there was not one in the world... 
