 Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding a pawn, thought to gain a queen of me, taking advantage of my honest endeavours; and whilst I laboured to raise the structure of my reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith.  Notes and Queries - Page 2081884Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1826 - 608 pages
...tenets, forcibly reminds us of a quaint but applicable passage in the Religio Medice of Sir T. Browne : " Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding...he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith." If the truth and certainty of the Sacred Writings are to be measured by the standard of human reason,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1831 - 180 pages
...Moses ; the Israelites saw but that in his time, which the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding...reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith. XX. Neither had these, or any other, ever such advantage of me, as to incline me to any point of infidelity... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 370 pages
...days of Moses ? the Israelite saw but that in his time, the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding...taking advantage of my honest endeavours ; and whilst I labored to raise the * 1 Kings, xviii. structure of my reason, he strived to undermine the edifice... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 592 pages
...Moses ?" The Israelites saw but that, in his time, which the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and, yielding...I laboured to raise the structure of my reason, he strove to undermine the edifice of my faith. SECT. xx. — Neither had these or any other ever such... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 596 pages
...Moses ?" The Israelites saw but that, in his time, which the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and, yielding...; and, whilst I laboured to raise the structure of niv reason, he strove to undermine the edifice of my faith. SECT, xx.— Neither had these or any other... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1835 - 592 pages
...Moses ?" The Israelites saw but that, in his time, which the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and, yielding...gain a queen of me ; taking advantage of my honest endea\ vours ; and, whilst I laboured to raise the structure of my reason, he strove to undermine the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...of Moses ? the Israelites saw but that in his time, the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding...reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith. Neither had these or any other ever such advantage of me, as to incline me to any point of infi(5I)... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1844 - 238 pages
...days of Moses 1 the Israelites saw but that in his time the natives of those countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding...reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith. XX. Neither had these or any other ever such advantage of me as to incline me to any point of infidelity... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1845 - 412 pages
...that in his time, which the natives of thofe countries behold in ours. Thus the devil played at chefs with me, and yielding a pawn, thought to gain a queen of me, taking advantage of my honeft endeavours; and whilft I laboured to raife the ftructure of my reafon, he ftrived to undermine... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1884 - 668 pages
...this fancy. Can any reader of " N. & Q." give me an earlier allusion than the following, from Religio Medici (written 1635, published 1642)?—" Thus the...Browne writes as though the idea was not unfamiliar. L ABRAHAMS. London Institution. DIARY OF THE REV. WM. MEBKE, OF SKIPSBA, со. YORK, AND SALFORD, со.... | |
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