The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 43
... deceived in the result - just because nature has not deceived them , nor has she given original principles to her children for the purpose of leading them astray . They are like men set forth on the survey of a landscape , and who ...
... deceived in the result - just because nature has not deceived them , nor has she given original principles to her children for the purpose of leading them astray . They are like men set forth on the survey of a landscape , and who ...
Page 45
... deceived ; if the governor of the country , hearing a rumour of this account , should call these men into his presence , and offer them a short proposal , either to confess the imposture , or submit to be tied up to a gibbet ; if they ...
... deceived ; if the governor of the country , hearing a rumour of this account , should call these men into his presence , and offer them a short proposal , either to confess the imposture , or submit to be tied up to a gibbet ; if they ...
Page 55
... deceived by semblances ; and that often there is an apparent similarity where there is no real one . In this case , when counting on a recurrence of the same , the presumption is thwarted by the occurrence of a different event . Instead ...
... deceived by semblances ; and that often there is an apparent similarity where there is no real one . In this case , when counting on a recurrence of the same , the presumption is thwarted by the occurrence of a different event . Instead ...
Page 63
... deceived me - it having anomalously stood at low - water though there was high - water on the sea as usual . In this case my expectation of a high - water grounded on past experience will prevail over my faith in the information of the ...
... deceived me - it having anomalously stood at low - water though there was high - water on the sea as usual . In this case my expectation of a high - water grounded on past experience will prevail over my faith in the information of the ...
Page 74
... deceived us at the rate of once in ten times it is precisely at that rate that we should deduct from our confidence in the testimony offered in these circumstances ; and our doing so would meet the approval of every enlightened ...
... deceived us at the rate of once in ten times it is precisely at that rate that we should deduct from our confidence in the testimony offered in these circumstances ; and our doing so would meet the approval of every enlightened ...
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