 | William Paley - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...THEOLOGY. CHAP. I. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there: I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | William Paley - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 586
...THEOLOGY. CHAPTER I. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there : I...would it perhaps be very easy to shew the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch... | |
 | George Ensor - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 638
...the study of facts. " In crossing a heath," says Paley, " suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for anything 1 knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever : nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to... | |
 | William Paley - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...THEOLOGY. CHAPTER I. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might...for ever ; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer.* * The argument is here put very naturally. But a considerable change... | |
 | 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 672
...state of the argument'" " In crossing a heath," he says, " suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might...there for ever; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. IJut suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...sentence of his Natural Tlieology : — "In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 536
...against a stone, and were asked how the stone came there, [ might possibly answer, that for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer." At the present day, to most geologists the stone on the heath would... | |
 | William Paley - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...THEOLOGY. CHAPTER I. STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. IN crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a atone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to... | |
 | William Paley - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 628
...heath, suppose 1 pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked bow the stone came to be there : T might possibly answer, that for any thing I knew to...there for ever : nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be... | |
 | John Anderson - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...great work on Natural Theology: — "In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show... | |
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I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should... 
