Free-thinker

I appeal to the breast of any polite Free-thinker, whether, in the pursuit of gratifying a pre-dominant passion, he hath not always felt a wonderful incitement, by reflecting it was a thing forbidden; and therefore we see, in order to cultivate this test, the wisdom of the nation hath taken special care that the ladies should be furnished with prohibited silks, and the men with prohibited wine.

An Argument against Abolishing Christianity 2003

Free-thinker, Taylor was a friend of Southey, and gave his young pupil excellent advice.

Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913 James Hooper

While men were being tried for publishing the "Free-thinker", the

The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923

While men were being tried for publishing the "Free-thinker", the Premier of England was William Ewart Gladstone.

The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918

The latter had made my acquaintance when a Free-thinker, but fortunately he recognised his errors only a very few years later, and afterwards the valiant theologian wrote articles and pamphlets against the heretic he had originally cultivated for holding the same opinions as himself.

Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906

What he does destroy is the Free-thinker who went before.

The Ball and the Cross 1905

No, the great Free-thinker, with his genuine ability and honesty, does not in practice destroy

The Ball and the Cross 1905

This man became Free-thinker, driven thereto by the bigotry and wickedness of the Churches.

An Autobiography Besant, Annie 1893

Puritan as Franklin was liberal a Free-thinker, felt towards Franklin that distrust and dislike which a limited but intense mind often cherishes towards an intellect whose vast scope and noble serenity it cannot comprehend.

Benjamin Franklin 1888

The latter had made my acquaintance when a Free-thinker, but fortunately he recognised his errors only a very few years later, and afterwards the valiant theologian wrote articles and pamphlets against the heretic he had originally cultivated for holding the same opinions as himself.

Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Georg Morris Cohen Brandes 1884