Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs ; and, since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rites requires no rigid reader. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 597by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1812Full view - About this book
| John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...planting, for the selection of the particular kind of tree. "Men," says Sir Thomas Browne *, " have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion, wherein stones and clout* make martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness to another, to aflbrd an account,... | |
| 1820 - 394 pages
...appears to us some of the most beautiful moralizing ever drawn from funeral solemnities. " Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rights, requires no rigid reader. That they kindled... | |
| Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...appears to us some of the most beautiful moralizing ever drawn from funeral solemnities. " Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rights, requires no rigid reader. That they kindled... | |
| 1823 - 736 pages
...ashes to unreasonable expectations, in their tedious term of return and long set revolution. " Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rites, requires no rigid reader ; that they kindled... | |
| Congregationalism - 1823 - 684 pages
...ashes to unreasonable expectations, in their tedious term of return and long set revolution. " Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford KB account or rational of old rites, requires no rigid reader ; that they kindled... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...ashes to unreasonable expectations, in their tedious term of return and long set revolution. Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rites, requires no rigid reader. That they kindled... | |
| Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...appears to us some of the most beautiful moralizing ever drawn from funereal solemnities. " Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rites, requires no rigid reader. That they kindled... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...sword ; ' or in the sea, like some of the 'nations ¡ibout Egypt. 'Alen,* he finely remarks, ' have side of the rich man's happiness; few consider him...s» he esems to play, is at the very same time spinn unto another, to afford ян account or rational of old rights requires no rigid reader. That they... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 pages
...religion, wherein stones and clouts make martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old rites,...pyre aversely, or turning their face from it, was a handsome symbol of unwilling ministration. That they washed their bones with wine and milk ; that... | |
| English literature - 1831 - 370 pages
...ashes to unreasonable expectations, in their tedious term of return and long set revolution. Men have lost their reason in nothing so much as their religion,...martyrs ; and since the religion of one seems madness unto another, to afford an account or rational of old' rites, requires no rigid reader. That they kindled... | |
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