If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but as there are such a multitude, they all live happy and in peace. Letters Concerning the English Nation - Page 45by Voltaire - 1733 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
| Voltaire - 1762 - 292 pages
...though moft of their preachers hate one another, almoft as cordially as a Janfenift damns a Jefuit. If one religion only were allowed in England, the...become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats ; but, as there are fuch a multitude, they z\\ live happy, and in peace.... | |
| Voltaire - 1762 - 290 pages
...churches, and there wait the infpitation of heaven with thei? bats on ; and all are fatisfted.. Ifone religion only were allowed in England^ the government...become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats ; but, as thera are fuch a multitude, they all live happy, and. in... | |
| Voltaire - English literature - 1894 - 206 pages
...There the Presbyterian confides in the Anabaptist, and the Clmrchman depends on the Quaker's word. If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats ; but... | |
| Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1901 - 328 pages
...their churches, and there wait the inspiration of heaven with their hats on ; and all are satisfied. If one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats ; but,... | |
| Voltaire - 1901 - 614 pages
...their churches, and there wait the inspiration of heaven with their hats on ; and all are satisfied. If one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly become arbitrary ; if. there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats ; but,... | |
| René Descartes - Philosophy - 1910 - 446 pages
...their churches, and there wait for the inspiration of heaven with their hats on, and all are satisfied. If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but... | |
| Charles William Eliot - Literature - 1910 - 472 pages
...their churches, and there wait for the inspiration of heaven with their hats on, and all are satisfied. If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but as... | |
| René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy - 1910 - 436 pages
...their churches, and there wait for the inspiration of heaven with their hats on, and all are satisfied. If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but as... | |
| Marvin B. Becker - History - 1994 - 202 pages
...had it right when he opined in the 1730$ that there was safety in the very "multitude" of religions: If one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats, but as... | |
| Ian Cumming - Education - 1998 - 280 pages
...that an Englishman, as one to whom liberty was natural, could go to heaven his own way.1 He saw that if one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but as... | |
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