 I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind.  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 221by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 pages
...of English, pure and undefiled.] I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution,...that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilising of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages... | |
 | Hester Hope - 1878 - 286 pages
...bow, the ready nod, and the drop courtesy which greeted them on every side. Truly, it is said — "If keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would have been the best method that could have been thought of, for the polishing and civilising of mankind."... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...COVERLEY SABBATH (SPECTATOR No. nz). i. I am always very well pleased with a country Sunday,* and think if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution,...people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages* 5 and barbarians,* were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village... | |
 | James Paterson - 1880 - 612 pages
...day in seven, or thereabouts, for rest, was almost a law of nature — 19 Baxter'i Workn, 187. " If keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution,...thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind." — Addison, Sped. No. 112. Whether a division of time into seven days had reference to the revolutions... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...ROGER DE COVEBLEY'g. I am always very well pleased with . country Sunday, and think, if keeping be!/ iner relish for every elegant amusement, or a more chivalrous delicacy of honou <xrald have been thought of for the polishing and civilising of mankind. It is certain the country... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 686 pages
...SABBATH (SPECTATOR No. ii2l. i. I am always very well pleased with a country Sunday,* and think if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution,...which the whole village meet together with their best NOTES. — 2. only ii human = a merely 7. village meet. " Village " is a collective noun implying plurality.... | |
 | Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 pages
...Country I am always very well pleased with a country Sabbath, and think, if keeping holy the first day were only a human institution, it would be the...kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequeut returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1882 - 428 pages
...trade and commerce. Sbir Hogcr at I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday ; and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution,...polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country-people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent... | |
 | Kathleen Knox - 1882 - 156 pages
...CHUECH. I am always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the Sabbath day were only a human institution, it would be the...polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain that the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1883 - 224 pages
...Sabbath Day _ at doverley Tina." PYTHAG. AM always very well pleased with a Country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh Day were only a human Institution,...polishing and civilizing of Mankind. It is certain the Country-People would soon degenerate into a kind of Savages and Barbarians, were there not such frequent... | |
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