| Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 670 páginas
...us are grossly ignorant, or wilfully perverse ; that they are not fit to be trusted, either in civil or in military situations of high responsibility;...better than a tissue of absurdity and idolatry ; if 1 should be called upon to declare, that a Fenelon, and a Pascal, men as remark' able for their power... | |
| Silvester Palmer - 360 páginas
...be trusted either in civil or military situations of high responsibility, nor even to be believed on their oaths ; — if I should be called upon to declare,...should be called upon to declare, that a Fenelon and Pascal professed their belief in religious tenets which have no foundation whatever in reason or scripture;—.... | |
| Henry Bathurst - 1837 - 372 páginas
...perverse, — that they are not fit to be trusted either in civil or military situations of consequence, nor even to be believed upon their oaths ; if I should be called upon to declare that nearly two-thirds of civilized Europe have adopted a creed which is little better than a tissue of absurdity... | |
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