 That there were such creatures as witches, he 'made no doubt at all, For, first, the Scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly, the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime.  Eminent British Lawyers - Page 64by Henry Roscoe - 1830 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 636 pages
...forgery, that he hung Rose Cullendar and Amy Duny, 16 Car. 2, (1662,) on whose trial he declared " that there were such creatures as witches he made...all nations had provided laws against such persons, and such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that act of Parliament which hath provided... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 632 pages
...forgery, that he hung Rose Cullendar and Amy Duny, 16 Car. 2, (1662,) on whose trial he declared " that there were such creatures as witches he made...all nations had provided laws against such persons, and such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that act of Parliament which hath provided... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 640 pages
...it. " That there were such creatures ai witches, he made no doubt at all. For, Jirst, the Scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly, the wisdom of all...persons, which is an argument of their confidence nf such a crime. And such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that Act of Parliament,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1856 - 640 pages
...wfre such creatures as witehes, he made no doubt at all. For, first, Ihe Scripturei had affirmed io much. Secondly, the wisdom of all nations had provided...laws against such persons, which is an argument of tfieir confidence of such a crime. And such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1856 - 388 pages
...have placed at the head of this article. " The wisdom of all nations had provided laws against all such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime." Law and punishments, judges and juries, priests and exorcistsc could not banish witchcraft from the... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - Civilization - 1857 - 882 pages
...at all ; for, first, the Scriptures have affirmed so much ; secondly, the wisdom of all nations hath provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime." Campbell's Lives of 'tin Chief-Justices, vol. i. pp. 505, 566. This reasoning was irresistible, and... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - England - 1858 - 906 pages
...at all ; for, first, the Scriptures have affirmed so much ; secondly, the wisdom of all nations hath provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime." Cum/iMS'* Lives of the Chief -Jtuticr», vol. i. pp. 565, 566. This reasoning was irresistible, and... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1857 - 886 pages
...at all ; for, first, the Scriptures have affirmed so much ; secondly, the wisdom of all nations hath provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime." Campbell's Lives of the Chief -Justices, vol. i. pp. 565, 566. This reasoning was irresistible, and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - Bible - 1863 - 186 pages
...it. " That there were such creatures as witches, he made no doubt at all. For, first, the Scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly, the wisdom of all...persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such the latter instance it might, I admit, have been an erroneous (though even at this day the all but... | |
 | 1867 - 798 pages
...have placed at the head of this article. " The wisdom of all nations had provided laws against all such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime." Law and punishments, judges and juries, priests and exorcists, could not banish witchcraft from the... | |
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