 | 1803 - 572 oldal
...argument in a clear and popular manner : ' In crowing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a ttont, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | 1807 - 1012 oldal
...Evssys on the Slate of the Argument, for fht Existence of a DEITY, by 'the late Dr. Paley. ESSAY. I. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, 1 might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 1004 oldal
...Eassys on the State of the Argument 7 for the Existence of a DEITY, by the late Dr. Paley. ESSAY. I. IN crossing a heath, Suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came tu be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had Iain there... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 498 oldal
...THEOLOGY ; 0*, EVIDENCES OP THE EXISTENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE DEITY. CHAPTER I. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...came to be there, I might possibly answer, that for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 558 oldal
...think the wheels came together by chance ? (e) should we not conclude that it was made by one (e) " In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against...came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it hid lain there for ever ; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 554 oldal
...think the wheels came together by chance T (e~) should we not conclude that it was made by one («) " In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, aiifl were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any tiling I knew... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 oldal
...of the Argument. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched ny foot against a stone, and were asked low the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever : nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 oldal
...AND DESIGN IN THE WORKS OF NATURE. • '" i ' (Abridged from Archdeacon Paley't Natural Theology.) IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and werfe asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 oldal
...THEOLOGY. CHAP. L State of the argument. TN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a Atonf", and were asked how the stone came to be there : I might possibly answer, that for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever : nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 oldal
...through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. NATURAL THEOLOGY. § 1. State of tlie Argument. Tn his pleasantry ; and laughs in form, like an author,...which I have given of Lord Shaftsbury's manner, it ma any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy lo... | |
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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... 
