 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1897 - 554 pages
...that conceit of Plato's and other ancients, applauded by some of later times, that the taking away of property, and bringing in community into a commonwealth, would make them happy and flourishing ; as if they were wiser than God." 25. Delftshaven is fourteen miles from Leyden and two miles from... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1903 - 600 pages
...that conceit of Plato's and other ancients, applauded by some of later times, that the taking away of property, and bringing in community into a commonwealth, would make them happy and flourishing ; as if they were wiser than God." 25. Delftshaven is fourteen miles from Leyden and two miles from... | |
 | 1919 - 672 pages
...that conceit of Plato's and other ancients, applauded by some of later times, that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing — as if they were wiser than God. For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion... | |
 | James Alexander Williamson - Colonial companies - 1922 - 714 pages
...working proved a failure. Bradford became convinced of the fallacy of the idea " that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing as if they were wiser than God." Sir Thomas Dale had shown the one method of making the arrangement... | |
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The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times; that the taking away of... 
