The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page 184
... Christianity ; the other ha- ving been for fome time wholly laid afide by general .confent , as utterly inconfiftent with our present schemes of wealth and power . BUT why we fhould therefore caft off the name and title of chriftians ...
... Christianity ; the other ha- ving been for fome time wholly laid afide by general .confent , as utterly inconfiftent with our present schemes of wealth and power . BUT why we fhould therefore caft off the name and title of chriftians ...
Page 185
... gospel - fyftem , That it obliges men to the belief of things too difficult for free - thinkers , and fuch who have shaken off the preju- S3 dices dices that ufually cling to a confined education . To ABOLISHING CHRISTIANITY . 185.
... gospel - fyftem , That it obliges men to the belief of things too difficult for free - thinkers , and fuch who have shaken off the preju- S3 dices dices that ufually cling to a confined education . To ABOLISHING CHRISTIANITY . 185.
Page 187
... Christianity is , the clear gain of one day in feven , which is now entirely loft . and confequently the kingdom one feventh lefs confiderable in trade , bufinefs , and pleasure ; befides the lofs to the public of fo many ftately ftruc ...
... Christianity is , the clear gain of one day in feven , which is now entirely loft . and confequently the kingdom one feventh lefs confiderable in trade , bufinefs , and pleasure ; befides the lofs to the public of fo many ftately ftruc ...
Page 189
... Christianity , or profpect of fo great an advantage as is propofed in the abolishing of it . Ir is again objected , as a very abfurd ridiculous cuftom , That a fet of men should be fuffered , much less employed and hired , to bawl one ...
... Christianity , or profpect of fo great an advantage as is propofed in the abolishing of it . Ir is again objected , as a very abfurd ridiculous cuftom , That a fet of men should be fuffered , much less employed and hired , to bawl one ...
Page 190
... Christianity upon that pretext , is wholly ceafed . FOR the reft , it may perhaps admit a controversy , whether the banishing all notions of religion whatsoever would be convenient for the vulgar . Not that I am , in the leaft , of ...
... Christianity upon that pretext , is wholly ceafed . FOR the reft , it may perhaps admit a controversy , whether the banishing all notions of religion whatsoever would be convenient for the vulgar . Not that I am , in the leaft , of ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo altho anfwer antient appears becauſe befides beſt cafe caufe cauſe Chriftian church confcience confequence converfation Dean defign defire difcourfe difpute Dr Swift Dublin eſtabliſhed faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpirit friends ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofe fure hath himſelf honour houſe inftance intereft Ireland Irenæus itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juft laft laſt leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord miniftry modern moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferved propofed publiſhed purpoſe reader reaſon refolved reft religion ſeveral ſhall Sir William Temple ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought thro tion treatiſe ufually underſtand univerfal uſe Whigs whofe whole whoſe Wotton