An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 2Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
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... objection is of great force , and seems to lead us necessarily to another system , that , which attributes these sort of dreams , not to God as the immediate cause , but to certain in- telligences , who , under the direction of God have ...
... objection is of great force , and seems to lead us necessarily to another system , that , which attributes these sort of dreams , not to God as the immediate cause , but to certain in- telligences , who , under the direction of God have ...
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... objected against dreams vanish away . We must no more wonder that we do not find a character of greatness or gra- vity in the images , which advertise us in dreams . Though they be confused or childish , and though they vary according ...
... objected against dreams vanish away . We must no more wonder that we do not find a character of greatness or gra- vity in the images , which advertise us in dreams . Though they be confused or childish , and though they vary according ...
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... objections , which the Free- thinkers allege to those who talk to them about the existence of magic ; in fine , I affirm that the know- ledge of things future is not so great as is imagined , in supposing that there are dreams of ...
... objections , which the Free- thinkers allege to those who talk to them about the existence of magic ; in fine , I affirm that the know- ledge of things future is not so great as is imagined , in supposing that there are dreams of ...
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... objections of their adversaries , for they have an infinite number of facts to allege for their opinion , as have those also who maintain that there is such a thing as magic ; and this being so , it is sufficient for them that they can ...
... objections of their adversaries , for they have an infinite number of facts to allege for their opinion , as have those also who maintain that there is such a thing as magic ; and this being so , it is sufficient for them that they can ...
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... objections of Cicero , which are indeed very strong and almost un- answerable , they are of no strength but upon the sup- position that God himself is the immediate author of our dreams . It was the supposition of the Stoics , whence it ...
... objections of Cicero , which are indeed very strong and almost un- answerable , they are of no strength but upon the sup- position that God himself is the immediate author of our dreams . It was the supposition of the Stoics , whence it ...
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