An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 1Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page 6
... Paris , where at length , in 1675 , he obtained the office of tutor to the MM . de Beringher , brothers to the duchess de la Force . This proved but a poor appointment ; and M. Basnage , having successfully combated certain modestly ...
... Paris , where at length , in 1675 , he obtained the office of tutor to the MM . de Beringher , brothers to the duchess de la Force . This proved but a poor appointment ; and M. Basnage , having successfully combated certain modestly ...
Page 7
... Paris , diverted himself by composing a formal harangue for the marshal , whom he supposed to plead his own cause before his judges , and to vindicate himself from the charge of having made a compact with the devil for certain ...
... Paris , diverted himself by composing a formal harangue for the marshal , whom he supposed to plead his own cause before his judges , and to vindicate himself from the charge of having made a compact with the devil for certain ...
Page 8
... Paris . He adopted a theological argument on the occasion , because in the then temper of the people they would listen to no other . " If comets are presages of evil , " he observed , " God must have performed miracles to confirm ...
... Paris . He adopted a theological argument on the occasion , because in the then temper of the people they would listen to no other . " If comets are presages of evil , " he observed , " God must have performed miracles to confirm ...
Page 10
... Paris , which as usual formed the finest advertisement of the work that could have been devised ; and no reading Frenchman could afterwards be satisfied without a perusal of the Critique on Maimbourgh . It was a long time before this ...
... Paris , which as usual formed the finest advertisement of the work that could have been devised ; and no reading Frenchman could afterwards be satisfied without a perusal of the Critique on Maimbourgh . It was a long time before this ...
Page 17
... Paris to a friend . The title of the book is a sneer at Jurieu's pro- phecy , which is ridiculed in the commencement with great pleasantry . In other respects it will scarcely advance its author in the opinion of the friends of ...
... Paris to a friend . The title of the book is a sneer at Jurieu's pro- phecy , which is ridiculed in the commencement with great pleasantry . In other respects it will scarcely advance its author in the opinion of the friends of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abelard Abimelech according accused Achish actions Adamites Anabaptists Anaxagoras answer Antoinette Bourignon Apicius Apollonius appear Arcesilas arguments Atheists atoms Bayle believe better body Bois-le-duc Bourignon Breauté Buridan's ass Carneades Catholic cause censure Cerinthus chaos Christians church condemned consequence contrary David death deny Dictionary dispute divine doctrine dogs doubt duke duke of Orleans earth endeavour false father favour fear France give heretics Holy Virgin honour human imagine Irenæus Ishbosheth Jesuits Jesus Christ John Chastel Jurieu killed king Lactantius laws Leucippus lived lord Mahometans maintain manner married matter morals motion nature never object observed occasion opinion Ovid Pagans Paris persons philosophers Philostratus Plutarch pretended prince principles Protestant prove punishment reason reign religion Robert d'Arbrissel Rome Saul scripture sect sent speak spirit St Augustin suppose thing thought tion took true truth virtue wife woman words writers