 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 414 pages
...acted, in my opinion, with great " judgement and, penetration, when they contrived " to bring in these notions of the Gods, and of a " FUTURE STATE, into the popular belief; and " the present age as inconsiderately, and absurdly, " in removing them, and encouraging the multitude" to... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Future punishment - 1826 - 420 pages
...the pompous circumstances that belong to such kind of fictions. On which account, the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in these notions of the gods, and of a future state of punishment into popular belief" Yes, most of wise... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1837 - 720 pages
...all the pompous circumstance that attends such kind of fictions. On which account the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in these notions of the gods, and of a FCTUBE STATE, into the popular belief; and the present age as inconsiderately,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Sawyer - Future punishment - 1845 - 264 pages
...all the pompous circumstance that attends such kind of fiction. On which account, the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in those notions of the gods and a future state into the popular belief." Strabo, another Greek writer,... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - Bible - 1848 - 400 pages
...all the pompous circumstance that attends such kind of fiction. On which account, the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in those notions of the gods and a future state into the popular belief." Strabo, another Greek writer,... | |
 | David Holmes, William G. Bishop (Reporter) - Universalism - 1848 - 844 pages
...all the pompous circumstances that attend such kind of FICTION. On which account, the ancients acted in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in those notions of the gods and a future state, into the popular belief." Strabo, another Greek writer,... | |
 | David Holmes, William G. Bishop (Reporter) - Universalism - 1848 - 844 pages
...all the pompous circumstances that attend such kind of FICTION. On which account, the ancients acted in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in those notions of the gods and a future state, into the popular belief." Strabo, another Greek writer,... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - Bible - 1848 - 402 pages
...the pompous circumstance that attends such kind of fiction. On which account, the ancients acted, jn my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in those notions of the gods and a future state into the popular belief." Strabo, another Greek writer,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1849 - 440 pages
...the pompous circumstance that attends such kind of fictions. On which account, the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring these notions of the gods, and of a future state, into the popular belief; and the present age as inconsiderately... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - Future punishment - 1852 - 228 pages
...all the pompous circumstance that attends such kind of fiction. On which account, the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they contrived to bring in those notions of the gods and a future state into the popular belief.' Strabo, another Greek writer,... | |
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... the multitude is ever fickle and capricious, full of lawless passions and irrational and violent resentments, there is no way left to keep them in order, but by the terrors of future punishment and all the pompous circumstance that attends such kind... 
