 I believe in general that there is, and has been, such a thing as witchcraft; but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.  The Spectator - Strana 169upravili: - 1898Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1866
...as those we call witches, my mind is divided between the two opposite opinions ; or rather, to speak my thoughts freely, I believe in general that there...can give no credit to any particular instance of it ;" and he concludes the paper with a sort of apology for professors of the unholy art. " When an old... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1867
...liberal-minded and cultivated people in England expressed in the following language of Addison : "To speak my thoughts freely, I believe, in general, that there...give no credit to any particular instance of it." There was an execution for witchcraft in Scotland in 1722. As late as the middle of the last century,... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1867
...cultivated people in Kngland expressed in the following language of Addison : "To speak my thoughts frcely, I believe, in general, that there is and has been such a thing as witcheraft, but, at the same timp, can give no eredit to any particular instance of it." There was... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875
...as those we call witches, my mind is divided between the two opposite opinions; or rather (to speak my thoughts freely) I believe in general that there...yesterday, which I shall give my reader an account of 30 at large. As I was walking with my friend Sir Roger by the side of one of his woods, an old woman... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 528 str.
...as those we call witches, my mind is divided between the two- opposite opinions; or rather (to speak my thoughts freely) I believe in general that there...yesterday, which I shall give my reader an account of jo at large. As I was walking with my friend Sir Roger by the side of one of his woods, an old woman... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878
...Blackstone — speaks on the subject with a curious hesitation. ' I believe in general,' he says, ' that there is and has been such a thing as witchcraft,...give no credit to any particular instance of it.' 4 The great clerical agitation which followed the Sacheverell impeachment is said to have produced... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880
...world as those we call witches? my mind is divided between two opposite opinions ; or rather (to speak my thoughts freely) I believe in general that there...account of at large. As I was walking with my friend Sir Koger, by the side of one of his woods, an old woman applied herself to me foi my charity. Her dress... | |
 | Anthony William Twyford, Arthur Griffiths - 1880 - 273 str.
...witches, my mind is divided between the two 3 "Spectator." opposed opinions ; or rather, to speak my mind freely, I believe in general that there is, and has...give no credit to any particular instance of it." Blackstone, in his Commentaries, quotes Addison, and says for himself, " To deny the possibility, nay,... | |
 | 1881 - 536 str.
...world as those we call witches, my mind is divided between two opposite opinions; or rather (to speak e. To use too many circumstances ere one come to the...riches better than the baggage of virtue. The Roman som» occurrences that I met with yesterday, which I shall give my reader an account of at large. As... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884
...world as those we call witches, my mind is divided between two opposite opinions ; or rather, to speak my thoughts freely, I believe in general that there...give no credit to any particular instance of it." One of the most signal proofs of the extension of reading is furnished by the number of poetical translations... | |
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