| Daniel Defoe - 1807 - 492 str.
...the mind, than truth ; and whatever regard some may pay to a wittily contrived, and ingenious tale, the best that can be said of it, is, that it is a gay delusion, and an idle amusement, exposed to view in the fairest and most advantageous light. The... | |
| 1809 - 402 str.
...what the quizzing beaus and simpering misses of the fashionable circles, would call quizzical, and the best that can be said of it is, that it is in some measure emblematical of the nature and design of the work." This passage surely requires some... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1809 - 428 str.
...what the quizzing beaus and simpering . misses of the fashionable circles, would call quizzical, and the best that can be said of it is, that it is in some measure emblematical of the nature and design of the work." This passage surely requires some... | |
| Daniel Defoe, Robert Drury - 1826 - 342 str.
...the mind, than truth ; and whatever regard some may pay to a wittily-contrived and ingenious tale, the best that can be said of it is, that it is a gay delusion, and an idle amusement exposed to view in the fairest and most advantageous light. The... | |
| 1826 - 342 str.
...the mind, than truth ; and whatever regard some may pay to a wittily•contrived and ingenious tale, the best that can be said of it is, that it is a gay delusion, and an idle amusement exposed to view in the fairest and most advantageous light. The... | |
| Daniel Defoe, Robert Drury - 1826 - 342 str.
...on the mind, than truth; and whatever regard some may pay to a wittily-contrived and ingenious tale, the best that can be said of it is, that it is a gay delusion, and an idle amusement exposed to view in the fairest and most advantageous light. The... | |
| 1829 - 598 str.
...Phrygian, and Egyptian, in the composition of the ancient races. Then, with regard to their religion ; the best that can be said of it is, that it is far more improveable than Popery ; first, inasmuch as it admits of the free circulation of the Scriptures,... | |
| William Buell Sprague - 1832 - 498 str.
...of the simple and pertinent language supplied by God's word. But never was there a greater mistake. The best that can be said of it is, that it is a departure from the dignity that belongs to the whole subject of religion. You will perceive at once... | |
| 1859 - 722 str.
...complaints against Maulmain that I can gainsay, I must fairly confess that our river is very bad ; the best that can be said of it is that it is very short — only twenty-five miles from sea to the harbour. The channels are narrow and tortuous,... | |
| 1833 - 618 str.
...of the simple and pertinent language suppliea by God's word. Hut never was there a greater mistake. The best that can be said of it is, that it is a departure from the dignity that belongs to the whole subject of religion." — p. 254. From the remarks... | |
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