The Freethinkers Critique in The Weekly Miscellany
The writer laments sceptics as a rising class while praising their privileges to mock sacred truths. He cites examples of freethinking bragging about wit and learning, notes how orthodoxy responds with praise and silence, and condemns the double standard used to attack religion. He warns that fear of free thought stifles honest critique.
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Christendom
Brehren
Sichem
Grotius
Mr. J
Fortooth
Corypheus
Sef
Greviass
Gronevius
Bobbarts
Vofiass
Pearfont
Jon
Athereus
Ana Sform
Hosker
Mr. Hooker
History of Poland under Augustus I Abbot de Parthenay
Fragmentary review of a foreign literary article on the History of Poland under Augustus I by the Abbot de Parthenay. The piece critiques Voltaire and sketches Polish affairs after Sobieski, noting invasions, confederacies, and church tensions amid a civil war and shifting borders with Russia.
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Hisory
Poland
Augustus 1
Abbot Dé Parthenay
Charles XII
M. Voltaire
France
Henry IV
Sweden
Hhis Sabje
Tharns
Riga
Alteng
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