 As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the...  The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 83edited by - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly sceptical'; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader hi-; real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Hannah Adams - 1804 - 398 pages
...credulous nor wantonly fceptical ; his morality is neither dangeroufly lax nor impracticably rigid. AH the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real intereft, the care of pleafing the author of his being. Truth is fhewn fometimes in the phantom... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...ahove all Greek, ahove ail human fume. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious. All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interests, the care of pleasing the Author of his heing. Success followed so wise and henevolent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shown sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...superstitious: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shown sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical ; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument, are employed to recommend to the reader hit real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. AH the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shown sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...; he appears neither weakly credulous nor -wantonly sceptical ; his morality is neither dangerously lax nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...; he appears neither weakly credulous nor Wantonly sceptical ; his morality is neither dangerously lax nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 pages
...; he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly sceptical ; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment...argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom... | |
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