The British CriticF. and C. Rivington, 1826 |
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... instances , they are judicious and well - founded . The following sentence appears well worthy of observation , and exactly expresses our own opinion upon the subject : " The assertion may appear paradoxical , but is never- theless true ...
... instances , they are judicious and well - founded . The following sentence appears well worthy of observation , and exactly expresses our own opinion upon the subject : " The assertion may appear paradoxical , but is never- theless true ...
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... were occasional instances of miracles for some centuries after the apostolical days . It is hardly necessary to mention the writers of the Romish church , who have claimed for it the perpetual and 14 .Tertullian and the Miracles.
... were occasional instances of miracles for some centuries after the apostolical days . It is hardly necessary to mention the writers of the Romish church , who have claimed for it the perpetual and 14 .Tertullian and the Miracles.
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... instances as showing the sense in which miracles are understood , when Roman Catholic writers speak of their being worked in their own church and in the present day . It is evident , that they mean to speak of miracles of the most ...
... instances as showing the sense in which miracles are understood , when Roman Catholic writers speak of their being worked in their own church and in the present day . It is evident , that they mean to speak of miracles of the most ...
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commit in conducting a train of reasoning . 1. We have a pretty instance of the medium anceps , as the schoolmen would say ; or we might call it , in more common parlance , begging the question . He reasons thus : miracles are necessary ...
commit in conducting a train of reasoning . 1. We have a pretty instance of the medium anceps , as the schoolmen would say ; or we might call it , in more common parlance , begging the question . He reasons thus : miracles are necessary ...
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... instance of that kind ; and almost the only circumstances which he seems to have con- sidered miraculous , were a few occurrences which befel some of the Christian martyrs . There is only one such event which he mentions as having ...
... instance of that kind ; and almost the only circumstances which he seems to have con- sidered miraculous , were a few occurrences which befel some of the Christian martyrs . There is only one such event which he mentions as having ...
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