 | 1830 - 990 pages
...they infested the houses, and afflicted the persons of the inhabitants. " Flashy people," say s he, " may burlesque these things, but when hundreds of the...know them to be true, — nothing but the absurd and froivard spirit of sadducism can question them. I have not mentioned so much as one tiling, that will... | |
 | Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 344 pages
...enlightened part of the community, attempts to shield himself under the following salvo. " Flashy people may burlesque these things; but when hundreds of the...sober people in a country, where they have as much mother wit, certainly as the rest of mankind, knoic them to be true; nothing but the absurd and froward... | |
 | Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 338 pages
...enlightened part of the community, attempts to shield himself under the following salvo. " Flashy people may 'burlesque these things; but when hundreds of...sober people in a country, where they have as much mother wit, certainly as the rest of mankind, know them to be true ; nothing but the absurd and froward... | |
 | Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 344 pages
...things ; but when hundreds of the most sober people in a country, where they have as much mother wit, certainly as the rest of mankind, know them to be true; nothing but the absurd and fro ward spirit of sadducism can question them." " I have not," says he, " mentioned so much as one... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1829 - 326 pages
...people," says the learned and pious Cotton Mather, Doctor of Divinity, and Fellow of the Royal Society, " may burlesque these things ; but when hundreds of...sober people, in a country where they have as much mother wit, certainly, as the rest of mankind, know them to be true, nothing but the absurd and froward... | |
 | 1830 - 1016 pages
...they infested the houses, and afflicted the persons of the inhabitants. " Flashy people," says he, " may burlesque these things, but when hundreds of the...true, — nothing but the absurd and froward spirit of sadducism can question them. I have not mentioned so much as one thing, that will not be justified,... | |
 | 1830 - 1006 pages
...afflicted the persons of the inhabitants. « Flashy people," says he, " may burlesque these thing«, but when hundreds of the most sober people in a country,...know them to be true, — nothing but the absurd and frowardspirit of sadducism can question them. I have not mentioned so much as one thing, that will... | |
 | 1830 - 222 pages
...they infested the houses and afflicted the persons of the inhabitants. " Flashy people," says he, " may burlesque these things, but when hundreds of the...country, where they have as much mother-wit certainly as tho rest of mankind, know them to be true, — nothing but the absurd and froward spirit of sadiliicism... | |
 | William Howells - 1831 - 220 pages
...describing the visits of demons, &c, in his " MagnaliaChristi Americana" continues, " Flashy people may burlesque these things, but when hundreds of the...sober people in a country, where they have as much mother wit certainly as the rest of mankind, know them to be true, nothing but the absurd and froward... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1833 - 448 pages
...people," says the learned and pious Cotton Mather, Doctor of Divinity, and Fellow of the Royal Society, " may burlesque these things ; but when hundreds of...sober people, in a country where they have as much mother wit, certainly, as the rest of mankind, know them to be true, nothing but the absurd and froward... | |
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Flashy people may burlesque these things, but when hundreds of the most sober people in a country where they have as much mother-wit certainly as the rest of mankind, know them to be true, nothing but the absurd and froward spirit of Sadducism can question... 
