The Works of J. S. ...: Miscellanies in proseG. Faulkner, 1735 |
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Page 59
... present Diffenters do very naturally close in with the Whigs , who profefs Moderation , de- clare they abhor all Thoughts of Perfecution , and think it hard , that those who differ only in a few Ceremonies and Speculations , fhould be ...
... present Diffenters do very naturally close in with the Whigs , who profefs Moderation , de- clare they abhor all Thoughts of Perfecution , and think it hard , that those who differ only in a few Ceremonies and Speculations , fhould be ...
Page 61
... Purity , and under its present Re- gulations , beft calculated for our Civil State : He Thould therefore think the Abolishment of that Order among " among us , would prove a mighty Scandal , and Church - of - England Man . 61.
... Purity , and under its present Re- gulations , beft calculated for our Civil State : He Thould therefore think the Abolishment of that Order among " among us , would prove a mighty Scandal , and Church - of - England Man . 61.
Page 89
... , because it is a Point of Difficulty to chufe an exact Middle between two ill Extreams ; it may be worth enquiring in the present Cafe , which of thefe thefe a wife and good Man would rather feem to Church - of - England Man . 89.
... , because it is a Point of Difficulty to chufe an exact Middle between two ill Extreams ; it may be worth enquiring in the present Cafe , which of thefe thefe a wife and good Man would rather feem to Church - of - England Man . 89.
Page 97
... present refined Way of Living ; that is , to allow each of them fuch a Rent , as , in the modern Form of Speech , would make them easy . But ftill , there is in this Project a great- er Mischief behind ; and we ought to beware of the ...
... present refined Way of Living ; that is , to allow each of them fuch a Rent , as , in the modern Form of Speech , would make them easy . But ftill , there is in this Project a great- er Mischief behind ; and we ought to beware of the ...
Page 106
... present Ecclefiaftical Eftablishment : Their declared Opinion is for repealing the Sacramental Teft ; they are very indifferent with regard to Ce- remonies ; nor do they hold the Jus Divinum of Epifcopacy . Therefore this may be ...
... present Ecclefiaftical Eftablishment : Their declared Opinion is for repealing the Sacramental Teft ; they are very indifferent with regard to Ce- remonies ; nor do they hold the Jus Divinum of Epifcopacy . Therefore this may be ...
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Page 236 - ... now handled by every dirty wench, condemned to do her drudgery, and, by a capricious kind of fate, destined to make other things clean, and be nasty itself : at length, worn to the stumps in the...
Page 129 - But if one in twenty should be brought over to true piety by this, or the like methods, and the other nineteen be only hypocrites, the advantage would still be great. Besides, hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice; it wears the livery of religion; it acknowledges her authority, and is cautious of giving scandal.
Page 341 - In other instances it is odd to consider, that for want of common discretion, the very end of good breeding is wholly perverted ; and civility, intended to make us easy, is employed in laying chains and fetters upon us, in debarring us of our wishes, and in crossing our most reasonable desires and inclinations.
Page 190 - ... or encouragement for popular orators; their giving not only the freedom of the city, but capacity for employments, to several towns in Gaul, Spain, and Germany...
Page 236 - Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head, the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs...
Page 97 - It is likewise urged that there are, by computation, in this kingdom above ten thousand parsons, whose revenues added to those of my lords the bishops would suffice to maintain at least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure and free-thinking, enemies to priestcraft, narrow principles, pedantry, and prejudices; who might be an ornament to the Court and Town. And then again, so great a number of able [bodied] divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies.
Page 105 - What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of, from those whose genius by continual practice hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves upon any other subject. We are daily complaining of the great decline of wit among us, and would we take away the greatest, perhaps the only topic we have left?
Page 236 - ... his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk: he then flies to art, and puts on a periwig, valuing himself upon an unnatural bundle of hairs, all covered with powder, that never grew on his head ; but now should this our broomstick pretend to enter the scene, proud of those birchen spoils it never bore, and all covered with dust...
Page 251 - When I reflect on this, I cannot conceive you to be human creatures, but a sort of species hardly a degree above a monkey ; who has more diverting tricks than any of you, is an animal less mischievous and expensive, might in time be a tolerable critic in velvet and brocade, and, for aught I know, would equally become them...
Page 76 - I look upon as a greater evil than anarchy itself, as much as a savage is in a happier state of life than a slave at the oar.