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" Christian fable is but the tale of the more ancient superstitions of the world, and may be easily detected by a proper understanding of the mythologies of the Heathens. Did Milton understand those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the... "
The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar ... - Page 343
by Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1798 - 992 pages
...understand those mythologies ; Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of ^ world ? No, they were the subject of his immortal song — and though...forth from the stores of a memory rich with all that men ever knew, and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith, the...
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...most correct and apparently elaborate speeches : speeches fraught with science and philosophy, poured forth from the stores of a memory, rich with all that man ever knew. And the great Hamilton, to my certain knowledge, pursued even to his last years an industry, superior to...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. PAINE in the superstitions of the world ? No } they were the subject of his immortal song ; and though...and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and explted faith, the unquestionable source of that fervid genius, •which cast a sort...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 484 pages
...those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world? No : they were the subject of his immortal song ; and though...with all that man ever knew, and laid them in their vOL. iv. 3 o order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith, the unquestionable source of...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 492 pages
...those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world? No : they were the subject of his immortal song ; and though...with all that man ever knew, and laid them in their vOL. iv. 3 o order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith, the unquestionable source of...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject of his immortal song ; and though...and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith, the unquestionable source of that fervid genius, which cast a sort of...
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The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on ..., Volume 2

Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...mythologies ? — Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No, — they were the subject of his immortal song ; and though...kind of shade upon all the other works of man — He pass'd the bounds of flaming space, Where Angels tremble while they gaze — He saw, — till, blasted...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...world? JJo; they were the subject of his immortal song; and though hut out from all recurrence to thi-m, he poured them forth from the stores of a memory rich...and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith, the unquestionable source of that fervid genius, which cast a sort of...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world? No,. they were the subject of his immortal song; and though shut out from all recurrence to them, he pour«d them forth from the stores of a memory rich with all that man ever knew ;. and laid thenvin...
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The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at ..., Volume 2

James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 470 pages
...understand those mythologies?—Was HE less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No,—they were the subject of his immortal song;...unquestionable source of that fervid genius, which has caat a kind of shade upon most of the other works of man-— He pass'd the flaming bounds of place...
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