An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must... Lives of Scotish Writers - Page 81de David Irving - 1839 - 385 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| David Hume - 1882 - 614 pages
...may judge of the candor, fair dealing, veracity, and good manners of the inquirer. There are indeed three events in our history, which may be regarded...plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the 'massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 374 pages
...is clearly, gentlemen, of the first importance, in enabling 1 Hume is profoundly contemptuous, — "An English Whig who asserts the reality of the Popish plot ; an Irish Catholic who denies the massacre in 1641 ; and a Scotch Jacobite who mantains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 378 pages
...is clearly, gentlemen, of the first importance, in enabling 1 Hume is profoundly contemptuous,—"An English Whig who asserts the reality of the Popish plot; an Irish Catholic who denies the massacre in 1641 ; and a Scotch Jacobite who man tains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men... | |
| Henry Duff Traill - 1886 - 252 pages
...Succeeding times did equal folly call — Believing nothing and believing all. 1 Hume says : ' There are three events in our history which may be regarded as touchstones of party men. An English Whig who asserts the reality of the Popish Plot, an Irish Catholic who denies... | |
| David Hume - 1888 - 486 pages
...foregoing narrative. It is in this note that he makes his famous assertion: — 'There are, indeed, three events in our history which may be regarded...reality of the Popish Plot, an Irish Catholic, who dmies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must... | |
| 1897 - 830 pages
...that there are three descriptions of persons who must be considered beyond the reach of argument ... an English Whig, who asserts the reality of the '...Plot ' ; an Irish Catholic who denies the massacre in 1641 ; and a Scotch Jacobite who maintains the innocence of Mary Queen of Scots. ..." "As to the... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...and literature. The critical keenness of his mind is admirably shown in the oft-quoted remark that y Thomas Flatman's ode, quoted at Vol. I. p. 783....From Pope's 'Iliad.' The troops exulting sat in orde in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary must be considered as men... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 690 pages
...authority. There are, indeed, three events in our history which may be regarded as touchstones of party men. An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 744 pages
...from Knox/ Buchanan,* or even De Thou,' or indeed from any suspected authority. There are, indeed, three events in our history which may be regarded as touchstones of party men. An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies... | |
| Richard Bagwell - 1909 - 398 pages
...three events in our history which CHAP, may be regarded as touchstones of party men : an English . x^. Whig who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men... | |
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