The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me erroneous in the extreme ; but I should be sorry to suffer any difference of sentiment to diminish my sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall pointless.... Birmingham : a Poem: In Two Parts, with Appendix - Page 219by Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1813 - 802 pages
...a rancour exceeding tb« measure, even of his profession*. The religious tenets of Dr. Priest, ley appear to me erroneous in the extreme, but I should...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrovr will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
| 1822 - 824 pages
...have forgotten the work in which they appeared. The first of the passages I refer to runs thus : " The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fail pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
| 1822 - 858 pages
...passages I refer to runs thus : " The religious tenets of Dr. Piicstley appear to me erroneous in (he extreme, but I should be sorry to suffer any difference of sentiment to dimmish my sensibility to virtue, or шу admiration of genius. From him the poisoued arrow will fall... | |
| 1822 - 814 pages
...have forgotten the work in which they appeared. The first of the passages I refer to runs thus : " The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...be sorry to suffer any difference of sentiment to dimiuish my sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall... | |
| Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1831 - 422 pages
...regard with a more than odium theologicum, with a rancor exceeding even the measure of his profession. The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
| 1831 - 426 pages
...regard with a more than odium tlieologicum, with a rancor exceeding even the measure of his profession. The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
| Robert Hall - 1832 - 516 pages
...regard with a more than odium theologicum, with a rancour exceeding the measure even of his profession. The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
| Robert Hall - 1832 - 504 pages
...regard with a more than odium theologicum, with a rancour exceeding the measure even of his profession. The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
| Robert Hall - 1832 - 498 pages
...regard with a more than odium theologicum, with a rancour exceeding the measure even of his profession. The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley appear to me...sensibility to virtue or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow •will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied... | |
| John Webster Morris - 1833 - 548 pages
...exquisite to be here omitted. " The religious tenets of Dr. Priestley," says this incomparable writer, " appear to me erroneous in the extreme ; but I should...sensibility to virtue, or my admiration of genius. From him the poisoned arrow will fall pointless. His enlightened and active mind, his unwearied assiduity,... | |
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