 | History - 1764 - 524 pages
...oían -writings ; and >why Jbi.uU they live in yours,? Yet thus much may be obferved, by way of excufe, that he was fighting for his honour, and for his life, being often accufíd of liGtVnj Icfs than 466 heterodoxy, impiety, and blafphemy, by men whofe forehead was a jock,... | |
 | History - 1795 - 532 pages
...him, and to say to him, LET thote men ahne: they cannot live in their eivn writings, and 'why sbinlJ. they live in yours ?~ Yet thus much may be observed,...was fighting for his honour, and for his life, being offen accused of nothing less than heterodoxy, impiety, and blasphemy, by men whose forehead was a... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 510 pages
...offered what can be offered by way of excuse for Erasmus. To the first of them he replies, that Erasmus " was fighting for his honour, and for his life ; being...razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce," ke says, " is no great matter, for time and truth put foil/ to flight : to be accused of heresy by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 502 pages
...offered what can be offered by way of excuse for Erasmus. To the first of them he replies, that Erasmus " was fighting for his honour, and for his life; being...razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce," he says, " is no great matter, for time and truth put folly T 2 to flight: to be accused of heresy... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 528 pages
...offered what can be offered by way of excuse for Erasmus. To the first of them he replies, that Erasmus " was fighting for his honour, and for his life ; being...razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce," he says, " is no great matter, for time and. truth put folly T a to flight : to be accused of heresy... | |
 | Biography - 1833 - 504 pages
...zeal, and extenuates what he cannot defend. " Erasmus was fighting for his honour and his life ; being accused of nothing less than heterodoxy, impiety,...razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce is no great matter ; for time and truth put folly to flight : to be accused of heresy by bigots, priests,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1838 - 524 pages
...zeal, and extenuates what he cannot defend. " Erasmus was righting for his honour and his life ; being accused of nothing less than heterodoxy, impiety,...razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce is no great matter ; for time and truth put folly to flight : to be accused of heresy by bigots, priests,... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...zeal, and extenuates what he cannot defend. " Erasmus was fighting for his honour and his life ; being accused of nothing less than heterodoxy, impiety,...razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce is no great matter ; for time and truth put folly to flight : to be accused of heresy by bigots, priests,... | |
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was fighting for his honour, and for his life; being often accused of nothing less than heterodoxy, impiety, and blasphemy, by men whose forehead was a rock, and whose tongue was a razor. To be misrepresented as a pedant and a dunce... 