 | John Selden - 1856 - 324 pages
...that they are justly punished for the false beliefe they have that they can do such mischiefe, joyned with their purpose to do it if they can: their trade...being nearer to a new Religion than to a Craft or Science."—Leviathan, p. 7,ed. 1651. This however would only apply to those who practised witchery... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - 314 pages
...coincidence of opinion on the justice of punishing Witchcraft between Selden and Hobbes. " As for Witches, I think not that their witchcraft is any real power...but yet that they are justly punished for the false beliefe they have that they can do such mischiefe, joyned with their purpose to do it if they can :... | |
 | Richard Gilpin - 1867 - 560 pages
...Or, as others are pleased to say,1 though they have no real power, they are justly punished for the belief they have, that they can do such mischief, joined with their purpose to do it, if they can. In answer to this apprehension, I shall not much insist upon these reasons, which yet are sufficiently... | |
 | Richard Gilpin - 1867 - 550 pages
...Or, as others are pleased to say,1 though they have no real power, they are justly punished for the belief they have, that they can do such mischief, joined with their purpose to do it, if they can. In answer to this apprehension, I shall not much insist upon these reasons, which yet are sufficiently... | |
 | Richard Gilpin - 1867 - 550 pages
...others are pleased to say,1 though they have no real power, they are justly punished for the helicf they have, that they can do such mischief, joined with their purpose to do it, if they can. In answer to this apprehension, I shall not much insist upon these reasons, which yet are sufficiently... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1876 - 768 pages
...terms." MART BATEMAN, the Taunton witch. * "For, as for witches," says HOBBES, "I think not that then- witchcraft is any real power, but yet that they are...nearer to a new religion than to a craft or science." — Leviathan, p. 7. A MAN and woman, for coining, were hanged at the same time with Patch the murderer.... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1877 - 388 pages
...witches have no real power, they are justly punished for the false belief they have that they can do mischief, joined with their purpose to do it if they...nearer to a new religion than to a craft or science." — Leviathan, part i. chap. ii. Though Buckingham's death prevented Williams from deriving any benefit... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 430 pages
...rude people have of fairies, ghosts, and goblins, and of the power of witches. For as for witches, I think not that their witchcraft is any real power...nearer to a new religion than to a craft or science. And for fairies, and walking ghosts, the opinion of them has, I think, been on purpose either taught... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...rude people have of fairies, ghosts, and goblins, and of the power of witches. For as for witches, I think not that their witchcraft is any real power...their trade being nearer to a new religion than to a crafb or science. And for fairies, and walking ghosts, the opinion of them has, I think, been on purpose... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1886 - 328 pages
...fairies, ghosts, » . an-1 goblins, and of the power of witches. For as for witches, I think not tha' their witchcraft is any real power ; but yet that...nearer to a new religion than to a craft or science. And for fairies, and walking ghosts, the opinion of them has, I think, been on purpose either taught... | |
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For as for witches, I think not that their witchcraft is any real power; but yet that they are justly punished for the false belief they have that they can do such mischief, joined with their purpose to do it if they can; their trade being nearer to a... 
