 | 1824 - 394 pages
...of its origin. In the dark ages of monkish bigotry and superstition, the deluded people, terrified into a belief that the fear of death was acceptable to the great Author of their existence, had placed one of their principal gratifications in contcm- pasneo. plating... | |
 | 1828 - 488 pages
...buildings. These arose in the monkish days of bigotry and superstition ; the deluded people, terrified into a belief that the fear of death was acceptable to the great author of their existence ; contemplating it amidst ideas the most horrid and disgusting ; excited... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...buildings. These arose in the monkish days of bigotry and superstition : the deluded people, terrified into a belief, that the fear of death was acceptable to the great author of their existence — contemplating it, amongst ideas — the most horrible and disgusting,... | |
 | John Reynolds Francis - Death - 1894 - 412 pages
...punishment for original sin. The circumstances that lead to death [in a Christian point of view] , and not our actual dissolution, are alone of a terrific...it in all possible ways, among their preachers, and their personification of it in their books of religious offices, as well as in the paintings and sculptures... | |
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Christian point of view] , and not our actual dissolution, are alone of a terrific nature; for death is, in fact, the end and cure of all the previous sufferings and horrors with which it is so frequently accompanied. In the dark ages of monkish bigotry... 