 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800
...principles, but it is a necessary consequence of his own arbitrary supposition. " 'Tis a miracle," says' he, " that a dead man should come to life, because...a true matter of fact, asserts that such an event; lias happened. But our author argues against ihe credibility of this, because it is contrary to the... | |
 | George Campbell - 1807 - 240 pages
...dexterity shifts the sense, and ere the reader is apprised, insinuates another. " It is a mi" racle," says he, " that a dead man should " come to life, because...that has never been " observed in any age or country. There " must therefore be an uniform experience " against every miraculous event, other" wise the event... | |
 | David Hume - 1809
...other, has yet been frequently observed to ; happen. But-it is a miracle, that a dead man should come f to life ; because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | Herbert Marsh - 1812 - 426 pages
...can possibly be imagined." 1 n the next page he proceeds in the following words. " 'Tis a miracle, that a dead man should come " to life, because that has never been observed in " any age or country. There must therefore be l f Hume's Essays, Vol. II. ?. 180. 2d ed. London, 1753. " an uniform experience... | |
 | David Hume - 1817
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 27 pages
...argument, the whole point to be proved is broadly assumed in the premises. " It is a miracle," he says, " that a dead man should come to life ; because that has never been observed, in any age or country. There must, therefore, be a uniform experience against every miraculous event; otherwise the event... | |
 | George Campbell - 1823 - 560 pages
...dexterity, shifts the sense, and, ere the reader is apprised, insinuates another. ' It is a miracle,' says he, ' that a dead man should ' come to life, because...that has never been observed ' in any age or country. There must therefore be ' an uniform experience against every miraculous ' event, otherwise the event... | |
 | David Hume - 1825
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life; because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
 | David Hume - 1825
...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life; because that has never been observed in any age or country. There must, therefore, be an uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event... | |
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that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country." Now testimony, confirmed by every proof which can tend to establish a true matter of fact, asserts that such an event 
