 It is true likewise, that the English in general, and indeed most of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it; and I willingly take this opportunity of entering...  The Philosophy of Witchcraft - Page 158by Ian Ferguson - 1925 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 662 pages
...spiritualistic phe* Mr. Wesley expresses very decided, perhaps extreme, opinions upon this point : " It is true, likewise, that the English in general,...indeed most of the men of learning in Europe, have giveta up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it; and... | |
 | 1843 - 414 pages
...What pretence, then, have I to deny well attested facts, because I cannot comprehend them ? 'Tis true that the English in general, and indeed most of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it. If but one account... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1793 - 588 pages
...well-attested facts, because I cannot comprehend them ? " It is true likewise, that the English in general, and most of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for il: and I willingly... | |
 | John T. Bonnel - 1852 - 110 pages
...cohere together. What pretence have I to deny well attested facts because I cannot comprehend them ? It is true, likewise, that the English in general,...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives' fables ; I am sorry for it, and I willingly... | |
 | Charles W. Roback - 1854 - 246 pages
...together. What pretence have I, then, to deny well-attested facts, because I can not comprehend them ? "It is true, likewise, that the English in general,...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it; and I willingly... | |
 | John Wesley - 1856 - 772 pages
...together. What pretence have I then to deny well-attested facts, because I cannot comprehend them .' It is true likewise, that the English in general,...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it ; and I willingly... | |
 | John Wesley - 1856 - 770 pages
...together. What pretence have I then to deny well-attested facts, because I cannot comprehend them ? It is true likewise, that the English in general,...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it; and I willingly... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1857 - 882 pages
...Journals, pp. 602, 713. Wesley, who had more influence than all the bishops put together, gays : " It is true, likewise, that the English in general,...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it The giving up witchcraft... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1857 - 886 pages
...Journals, pp. 602, 713. Wesley, who had more influence than all the bishops put together, says : " It is true, likewise, that the English in general,...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it The giving up witchcraft... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1864 - 900 pages
...more interesting is, that the circumstances under which it appeared make it evident, that while the ' It is true, likewise, that the English in general, and, indeed, most of tinmen of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives'... | |
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