 | 1797 - 680 pages
...to doubt, is not fo well attefted ;is that of Jefus Chrift. Such a fuppofition.in fai>, only ihifts the difficulty without obviating it: it is more inconceivable that a number of perfons ihould agree to u'iiie fuch a hiftory, than that one only fhould furnifil the fubjefl of it.... | |
 | 1797 - 572 pages
...to doubt, is not fo well attefted as that of Jefus Chrift. Such a fuppofition, in fact, only fhifts the difficulty without obviating it. It is more inconceivable, that a number of perfons fhould agree to write fuch a hiftory, than that one only fhould furnifh the fubject: of it.... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1803 - 72 pages
...not the marks of fiction ; en the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doibt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ. Such...that a number of persons should agree to write such an history, than that one only should furnish the subject of it. The Jewish authors were incapable... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pages
...on the contrary, the history it SOCRATES, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested s that of JESUS CHRIST, Such a supposition, in fact, only shifts the lifficulty without obviating it : it is more inconceivable that a number ot" 'ersons should agree to... | |
 | David Bogue - 1806 - 354 pages
...friend, it bears not the marks of fiction ; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...supposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty, without obvhiting it : it is more inconceivable, that a number of persons should agree to write such a History,... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...my friend, it bears not the marks of fiction; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...persons should agree to write such a history, than that only one should furnish the history of it. The Jewish authors were incapable of the. diction, and strangers... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...friend, it bears n«t the marks of fiction ; on the contrary, the history of SOCRATES, which jaolwrdy presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...should agree to write such a history, than that one ouly should furnish the subject of it. The Jewish authors were incapable of the diction, and strangers... | |
 | Frederick Smith - 1811 - 274 pages
...my friend, it bears not the marks of fiction. On the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...should agree to write such a history, than that one only •should furnish the subject of it. The Jewish authors were incapable of the diction, and strangers... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...friend, it bears not the marks of fiction ; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ. Such asupposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty without obviating it: it is more inconceivable that... | |
 | 1835 - 612 pages
...friend, it bears not the marks of fiction : on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...supposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty without removing it : it is more inconceivable that a number of persons should agree to write such a history,... | |
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Shall we suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? Indeed, my friend, it bears not the marks of fiction ; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ. Such a supposition,... 
