| Sir James Mackintosh - 1836 - 526 pages
...not in some measure divested of that manner by the translator's skill. A novel of his, called the ' The Year of William Meister's Apprenticeship,' published...Tillotson I find quoted in Jortin's Tracts, volume i. 371 ; and it is odd enough that it should have probably originated in a misrecollection of some words... | |
| 1840 - 534 pages
...He was not ashamed to borrow from Tillotson. That admirable Prelate had said, with great aptness, " If God were not a necessary Being, he might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men." Voltaire melted the thought into the following line : — " Se Dieu n'cxistait, il faudroit 1'inventer."... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 348 pages
...him into his gallery as the first of English orators; and one of the noblest passages he wrote — " If God were not a necessary Being, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men," was plundered and melted down by Voltaire into a single line — " Si Dieu n'existait, il faudroit... | |
| Robert Aspland - 1848 - 788 pages
...him into his gallery as the first of English orators ; and one of the noblest passages he wrote — " If God were not a necessary Being, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men," — was plundered and melted down by Voltaire into a single line, — " Si Dieu n'existait, U faudroit... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1853 - 528 pages
...Buffon. " You must have read the Me"moires de Bezenval. I hailed in them the resurrection of French which had, I thought, been buried for ever under the...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.' 1 Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudroit 1'inventer.' The passage of Tillotson I find quoted in Jortin's... | |
| James Hamilton - 1858 - 448 pages
...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of man.' ' Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudroit 1'inventer.' ... It is odd enough that the passage should... | |
| Christian classics - 1858 - 870 pages
...suppose that Voltaire had borrowrd or stolen from Tillotson ; but so the VOLTAIRE AND TILLOTSON. 55 truth seems to be. Tillotson says, ' If God were not...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of man.' 1 Si Dicu n'exiitait pas, il faudroit 1'inventer.' . . . It Li odd enough that the passage should... | |
| James Hamilton - 1858 - 530 pages
...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed or stolen from Tillotson; but so the VOLTAIEE AND TILLOTSON. 55 truth seems to be. Tillotson says, ' If God were not a necessary being,... | |
| James Hamilton - 1859 - 444 pages
...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of man.' 1 Si Dieu n'existait pas, il fandroit 1'inventer.' ... It is odd enough that the passage should... | |
| James Hamilton - 1859 - 444 pages
...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed or stolen from Tillotson; but so the VOLTAIRE AND TILLOTSON. 55 truth seems to be. Tillotson says, ' If God were not a necessary being,... | |
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