| William Thomas Lowndes - 1834 - 1082 pages
...l«s. An edition. London, 1658. sin. 8vo. 48 leaves. .V? Restituía, iii. 123-7 & 180-4. — Anthony. Discourse of Free-thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-thinking. London, 1713. 8vo. Reprinted 1713. 12mo. with considerable additions. ' A production... | |
| Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 pages
...society which met at the Grecian Coffee-house, near Temple-bar. Early in 1713, appeared Mr. Collins's " Discourse of Free-thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-thinkers." The book created a great sensation. It was, of course, extolled by such as openly professed, or covertly... | |
| Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 pages
...casting my eye upon a treatise which I could not overlook without an inexcusable negligence, and want of concern for all the civil, as well as religious interests...piece has for its title, A Discourse of Free-thinking, occasion, ed by the rise and growth of a sect called Free, thinkers. The author very methodically enters... | |
| John Leland - 1837 - 784 pages
...year 1713 came out a remarkable treatise, which it will be necessary to take some notice of, entitled, A Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Freethinker*. It was written by Anthony Collins, Esq., though published, as his other writings are,... | |
| Richard Bentley - 1838 - 572 pages
...are now forgotten, is still remembered in consequence of Bentley's incomparable Remarks. It is styled A Discourse of Free-thinking, Occasioned by The Rise and Growth of a Sect calFd Free- Thinkers. M * in i H in ! i'ii 1 1': ilil lii •linn a 111 disputationi Deus. Eccl. 8.... | |
| JOHN BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN - 1843 - 832 pages
...bds. 16*. 1831 2868 the same ; 3 vols. crown 8vo, calf gilt, II. 4*. 1831 2869 COLLINS'S (Anthony) Discourse of Free-Thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-Thinkers ; 8vo, uncut, scarce, 8*. 1713 2870 the same; 8vo, neat, 4s. 1713 See Bp. Berkeley's attack on this... | |
| John Bohn - 1843 - 448 pages
...bds. 16.*. 1831 2868 the same ; 3 vols. crown 8vo, calf gilt, II. 4s. 1831 2869 COLLINS'S (Anthony) Discourse of Free-Thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-Thinkers ; 8vo, uncut, scarce, 8s. 1713 2870 the same; 8vo, neat, 4s. 1713 Sif lip. llt-rkf ley's attack on... | |
| John James Tayler - 1845 - 616 pages
...Freethinkers became a sect, they exhibited sectarian weaknesses. In 1713, Collins published without his name, a " Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a sect, called Freethinkers." Its object was unobjectionable and excellent, being simply to assert, in the most unrestricted sense,... | |
| J. and J.J. Deighton - 1846 - 210 pages
...Scripture Doctrine of Sanctification, neat, 2s. Gd. 12mo. Edinb. 1813 1998 FREETHINKING. — Collins, A Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the Rise and growth of a sect called Freethinkers, 1713 ; — Bentley, Dr., Remarks on a Discourse.of Freethinking, 2 parts, 1713; — Paul, G., Account... | |
| Walter Farquhar Hook - 1846 - 620 pages
...an apostle of irreligion. At the beginning of 1713 he published, without his name, a book styled ' A Discourse of Free-Thinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth of a Sect called Free-Thinkers.' It is but too certain that deism had been making considerable advance in England since the Revolution,... | |
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