 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1874 - 556 pages
...sentence of his Natural Theology: — "In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1874 - 550 pages
...sentence of his Natural Theology: — "In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show... | |
 | William Cooke - 1877 - 574 pages
...— Religion nf Xature Delineated, the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever — nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be... | |
 | sir John Robert L. Emilius Laurie (3rd bart.) - 1878 - 424 pages
...the following well-known passage : ' In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever. But suppose I had found a watch upon the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1879 - 436 pages
...forgotten its existence. " In crossing a heath," says Paley, "suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer that for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show... | |
 | 1880 - 1178 pages
...what reader is unfamiliar with it? "In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might...any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...object, we see fitness and use :* 'In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show... | |
 | 1884 - 844 pages
...of Paley's Natural Theology : — " In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...any object, we see fitness and use: ' Mn crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer, tlmt. for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever; nor would it perhaps be very... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - 1883 - 340 pages
...tended to give currency to his works. In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
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I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should... 
