 Strong reasons for incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of seeing things out of sight is local, and commonly useless. It is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason or perceptible benefit. It is ascribed only to a people...  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Page 220by Samuel Johnson - 1791 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - 466 pages
...Incredulity will readily occur. This Faculty of feeing Things out of fight is local, and commonly ufelefs. It is a Breach of the common Order of Things, without...mean and the ignorant. To the Confidence of thefe Objeclions it may be replied, that by prefuming to determine what is fit, and what is beneficial, they... | |
 | John Wesley - 1785 - 718 pages
...readily occur. This faculty is a breach of the common order of things, without any vifihle reafon. It is afcribed only to a people very little enlightened ; and among them, for the moft part, to the mean and the ignorant. To thefe objeftions it may be replied, That by prefumsng to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...He has taken the opportunity of ingrafting seeing things out of sight is local and commonly useless. It is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason or perceptible benefit.' Johnson's Works, ix. 106. 1 ' To the confidence of these objections... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...perceptible benefit. It is aferibtd only to a people very little enlightened; and among them, tor the moft part, to the mean and the ignorant. To the confidence...be replied, that by prefuming to determine what is n't, and what is beneficial, they prefuppofe more knowledge of the univerfal fyftem than man has attained;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of feeing things out of fight is local, and commonly ufelefs. It is a breach of the common order of things, without any vifible reafon or perceptible benefit. It is afcribtd only to a people very little enlightened; and among them, for the molt part, to the mean and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 258 pages
...incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of feeing things out of fight is local,. and commonly ufclefs. It is a breach of the common order of things, without...very little enlightened ; and among them, for the moft part, to the mean and the ignorant. To the confidence of th?fe objections it may be replied, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of feeing things out of fight is local, and commonly ufelefs. It is a breach of the common order of things, without...very little enlightened ; and among, them, for the moft part, to the mean and ignorant. ' . . To the confidence of thefe objections it may be replied,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of feeing things out of fight is local, and commonly ufelefs.. It is a breach of the common order of things, wit.hout...very little enlightened ; and among • them, for the imoft part, to the mean and ignorant. , To the confidence of thefe objections it may be replied, that... | |
 | Robert Gray - 1808 - 170 pages
...incredulity will readily occur : this faculty of seeing things out of sight is local and commonly useless, it is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason, or perceptible benefit ; it is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened, and... | |
 | Robert Gray - 1808 - 362 pages
...incredulity will readily occur: this faculty of seeing things out of sight is local and commonly useless, it is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason, or perceptible benefit; it is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened, and... | |
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