 | 1784 - 552 páginas
...inftruments to do ourfelves good : ' If I *4' were caft,' fays he, ' into a deep pit, and the devil fhould *' put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be 1 •'<••*. '••'.- " drawn *l drawn out by it.' Towards the end of his life'he had " very few... | |
 | 1798 - 482 páginas
...initruments to do ourfelves good : 'If I were cad, "fays he, ' into a deep pit, and the devil fhould put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.' Towards the end of his life he had very few books, and thofe he read but very little ; thinking he... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 376 páginas
...not controul, and probably would avail himself of Hobbes's maxim. He used to say, that, if he was in a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, he "would take hold of it to be drawn out by it. Suppose his majesty should indulge him with an audience,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 páginas
...make use of evil instruments to do ourselves good,'' which opinion he thus illustrated " If I were cast into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, I would certainly lay hold of it to accomplish my deliverance." In his disposition he was morose, supercilious,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 568 páginas
...instruments to do ourselves good," which opinion he thus illustrated <[ If I were cast into a de^p pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, I would certainly lay hold of it to accomplish my deliverance." In his disposition he was morose, supercilious,... | |
 | John Lemprière - 1810 - 698 páginas
...of his maxims was, that bad means might he applied to procure a good end ; for, says he, if 1 were cast into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven loot, I would readily lay hold of it to get out. In spite of all his philosophy, it is said, that he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 páginas
...it was lawful to make use of ill instruments to do ourselves good : » If I were cast,' says he, * into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his...foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.' Towards the end of his life he had very few books, and those he read but very little ; thinking he... | |
 | 1814 - 538 páginas
...that it was lawful to make use of ill instruments to do ourselves good : ' If I were cast,' says he, * into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his...foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.*. Towards the end of his life he had very few books, and those he read but very little ; thinking he... | |
 | 1816 - 782 páginas
...pabli&ed in 410, in 1668, by John Bteau. ID 1669, he was he) into a deep pit, and the 4eril fhould put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it.' He could not endure to be left in an empty houfe. Whenever the earl removed, he would go along with... | |
 | 1826 - 240 páginas
...say that it was lawful to make use of ill instruments to do ourselves good. If t were cast (says he) into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his...foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it. DISSECTION. — It is said that the earliest law enacted in any country for . * Compare Nic-Nac, vol.... | |
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it was lawful to make use of ill instruments to do ourselves good," and illustrated it thus :—" Were I cast into a deep pit, and the devil should put down his cloven foot, I would take hold of it to be drawn out by it. 
