 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
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1921 - 104 pages
...belief in witchcraft, attributing its decline to religious scepticism. "It is true," Wesley maintained, "likewise that the English in general, and indeed...of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wivQs' fables. I am sorry for it, and I willingly take... | |
 | Edith Birkhead - 1921 - 262 pages
...a book in which he was keenly interested. In his journal (May 25th, 1768) he remarks : " It is 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 ; and I willingly... | |
 | Charles Platt - 1922 - 302 pages
...— so was burned unconfessed.9 The belief died hard with the orthodox. In 1768, John Wesley writes: "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... | |
 | Frank Hulme Melland - 1923 - 378 pages
...who used charms, sorcery, enchantments, witchcraft . . ." Even as late as 1768 John Wesley wrote : " It is true likewise that the English in general, and...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... | |
 | Nigeria. Governor-General, 1919-1925 (Clifford), Sir Hugh Charles Clifford - 1925 - 284 pages
...similar law was in force until 18u'l ; and on this subject such a man as John Wesley could write : — ' It is true likewise, that the English in general,...most of the men of learning in Europe, have given tip all accounts of witches and apparitions as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it, and 1 willingly... | |
 | Paul Van Dyke - 1926 - 402 pages
...authority of the book of Exodus. John Wesley wrote in 1768, "It is true 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 it." . . . "Infidels... | |
 | Paul Van Dyke - 1926 - 396 pages
...authority of the book of Exodus. John Wesley wrote hi 1768, "It is true 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 it." . . . "Infidels... | |
 | 1918 - 396 pages
...festen glauben an hexenkunst. In seinem Journal III, 329 f. schreibt er 2) (unter dem 25. mai 1768): "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 äs mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it, and I willingly... | |
 | Charles W. Roback - 1996 - 246 pages
...well-attested facts, because I can not comprehend them ? " It is true, likewise, that the English iu 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... | |
 | Lizanne Henderson, Edward J. Cowan - 2001 - 266 pages
...Damned An, 227-45; The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, bemoaned the sceptical climate in England '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; ... the giving up... | |
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