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" 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. "
The Works of M. de Voltaire: Miscellanies in history, literature and philosophy - Page 64
by Voltaire - 1762
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - English literature - 1733 - 302 pages
...their churches, and there wait for the infpiration of heaven with their hats on, and all are &tisfied, If one religion only were allowed in England, the...become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people wou'd cut one another's throats ; but as there are fixch a multitude, they all live happy and in peace....
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - English literature - 1760 - 300 pages
...churches, and there wait for the infpiration of heaven "with their hats on, and all are fatisfied. IF one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very polfibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people wou'd cut one another's throats ; but...
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The Works of M. de Voltaire: Miscellanies in history, literature and philosophy

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...the people would cut one another's throats ; but, as thera are fuch a multitude, they all live happy, and. in peace, Of the SOCINIANS, or ARIANS, or ANTITRINITARIANS....
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 158

American periodicals - 1883 - 860 pages
..." If," he observes, " only one religion 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." He studied the economy of the Established Church,...
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Bolingbroke: A Historical Study; and Voltaire in England

John Churton Collins - Literary Criticism - 1886 - 292 pages
..." If," he observes, "only one religion 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." He studied the economy of the Established Church,...
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Letters on England

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...
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The Works of Voltaire: Short studies in English and American subjects

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,...
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The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version, Volume 19

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,...
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Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in England

John Churton Collins - Authors, French - 1908 - 326 pages
..." If," he observes, " only one religion 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." J He studied the economy of the Established Church,...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 34

Literature - 1910 - 470 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...
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