 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 540 pages
...so. A passion for voluntary martyrdom, also, as one senseless species of it, must gradually destroy the sensibility both of mind and body. Nor can it be presumed, that those who torment themselves, can be susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 528 pages
...of his cruelty. This voluntary martyrdom must have gradually destroyed the sensibility both of the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed that the fanatics, who .torT ment themselves, are susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A cruel unfeeling... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 624 pages
...of his cruelty. This voluntary martyrdom must have gradually destroyed the sensibility both of the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed, that the fanatics who torment themselves are susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A cruel, unfeeling temper has distinguished... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1831 - 468 pages
...the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed that the fanatics, who torment themselves, are susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A cruel unfeeling tamper has distinguished the monks of every age and country : their stern indifference, which is seldom... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 458 pages
...of his cruelty. This voluntary martyrdom must have gradually destroyed the sensibility both of the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed that the fanatics who torment themselves are susceptible the Lower Thebais with wonder and devotion. The inscriptions are in the old Syriac character,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1875 - 672 pages
...of his cruelty. This voluntary martyrdom must have gradually destroyed the sensibility both of the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed that the fanatics, who torment themselves, are susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A cruel, unfeeling temper has distinguished... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 486 pages
...following historical statement, must be noted as in themselves containing the entire views of the modern philosophies and policies which have since changed...mankind. A cruel unfeeling temper has characterized the monkt of erery age anil country." How much of penetration, or judgment, this sentence exhibits, I hope... | |
 | John Ruskin - English literature - 1894 - 492 pages
...following historical statement, must be noted as in themselves containing the entire views of the modern philosophies and policies which have since changed...of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A erud unfeeling temper has diaracterized the monks of ewry aye anil country." How much of penetration,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 576 pages
...of his cruelty. This voluntary martyrdom must have gradually destroyed the sensibility both of the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed that the fanatics, who torment themselves, are susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A cruel unfeeling temper has distinguished... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 818 pages
...following historical statement, must be noted as in themselves containing the entire views of the modern philosophies and policies which have since changed...the rest of mankind. A cruel unfeeling temper has char, acterized the monks of even/ age and country." How much of penetration, or judgment, this sentence... | |
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This voluntary martyrdom must have gradually destroyed the sensibility both of the mind and body ; nor can it be presumed that the fanatics, who torment themselves, are susceptible of any lively affection for the rest of mankind. A cruel unfeeling temper... 
