 An ardent temperament converts the enthusiast into a zealot, who, while he is laborious in winning proselytes, discharges common duties very remissly, and is found to be a more punctilious observer of his creed than of his word. Or, if his imagination...  Natural History of Enthusiasm - Pagina 16door Isaac Taylor - 1829 - 311 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 576 pagina’s
...is found to be a more punctilious observer of his creed than of his word. Or, if his imagination is fertile, he becomes a visionary, who lives on better...of the invisible world, vents his spleen in railing on all ' dignities and powers on earth.' " * "What are the remedies, then, which may be applied for... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1838 - 690 pagina’s
...visionary, who lives on better terms with angels and with seraphs, than with his children, servante, and neighbours ; or, he is one who, while he reverences the ' thrones, dominions, and powers1 of the invisible world, vents his spleen in railing on all ' dignities and powers on earth.'... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pagina’s
...is found to be a more punctilious observer of his creed than of his word. Or if his imagination is fertile, he becomes a visionary who lives on better...invisible world, vents his spleen in railing at all the ' dignities and powers ' of earth." our was a very unfit model for " patience on a monument;" the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - 684 pagina’s
...is found to be a more punctilious observer of his creed than of his word. Or, if his imagination is fertile, he becomes a visionary, who lives on better...of the invisible world, vents his spleen in railing on all' dignities and powers on earth.' "* What are the remedies then, which may be applied for healing... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - 964 pagina’s
...is found to be a more punctilious observer of his creed than of his word. Or, if his imagination is fertile, he becomes a visionary, who lives on better...of the invisible world, vents his spleen in railing on all ' dignities and powers on earth.1 "* What are the remedie» then, which may be applied for healing... | |
 | George Clayton - 1851 - 278 pagina’s
...will live on better terms with angels and with seraphs, than with his children, servants or neighbors, or he is one who, while he reverences the thrones,...of the invisible world, vents his spleen in railing against all "dignities and powers of the earth." — ISAAC TAYLOR. FIRMAMENT ; morally considered.... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1853 - 320 pagina’s
...lives on better terms with angels and with seraphs than with his children, servants, and neighbors : or he is one who, while he reverences the " thrones,...Superstition — the creature of guilt and fear — is an evil almost as ancient as the human family. But Enthusiasm — the child of hope — hardly appeared... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1857 - 892 pagina’s
...is found to be a more punctilious observer of his creed than of his word. Or, if his imagination is fertile, he becomes a visionary, who lives on better...of the invisible world, vents his spleen in railing on all' dignities and powers on earth.' "* What are the remedies then, which may be applied for healing... | |
 | Dorothy K. Billings - 2002 - 286 pagina’s
...lives on better terms with angels and with seraphs, than with his children, servants and neighbors; or he is one who, while he reverences the "thrones,...in railing at all "dignities and powers" of earth. (Taylor, 1834: 18-19)2 Much more recently, Kaminsky offers a view of the cultist that has some points... | |
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