 | William Cooke - God - 1877 - 574 pages
...there ; I might possibly answer, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever — nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | sir John Robert L. Emilius Laurie (3rd bart.) - 1878 - 424 pages
...there ; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever. 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 hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Evolution - 1879 - 436 pages
...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 show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer I had before... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1879 - 488 pages
...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 show the absurdity...of this answer : but, suppose I had found a watch on the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch came to be in that place, I should hardly think... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 1178 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever; nor...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Religion - 1884 - 844 pages
...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 show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...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 ;...would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity * Once more we are reminded of the ever recurring circle of human science. In the Memorabilia, Xenophon... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer, tlmt. for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever; nor...to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose 1 had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in tlmt... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to he there; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever; nor...absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watcti upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Nature - 1883 - 340 pages
...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 show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I .should hardly think of the answer I had before... | |
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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... 
