Indexed in the public record
“A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion.”
Provenance
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c842027f3d880e63f05efadc2f19e80c9fb36ddd7c269b14f1c7bb520f879190
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Related in the record
“In this awfully stupendous manner, at which Reason stands aghast, and Faith herself is half confounded, was the…”
Richard Hurd
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the…”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said, "I do not think…”
Plutarch
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“"I will show," said Agesilaus, "that it is not the places that grace men, but men the places."”
Plutarch
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this subtle oration, though without embellishment,…”
Cicero
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“On the sudden A Roman thought hath struck him.”
William Shakespeare
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Said something yourself? Put it on the record — $5.
A timestamped public registration for your own line — before someone else claims it.
This is an indexed reference citation, not a legal registry entry and not a claim of ownership.