If we had ourselves," he says, " been spectators of such an event, we would not believe our own eyes, till we had scrupulously examined all the circumstances, and assured ourselves that there was no trick nor deception. After such an examination, we would... The works of Thomas Chalmers - Page 114by Thomas Chalmers - 1836Full view - About this book
| 1814 - 606 pages
...saw an hundred dice thrown in the air, and that they all fell on the same faces. If we had ourselves been spectators of such an event, we would not believe...admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability ; and no one would have recourse to an inversion of the laws of vision in order to account for it.... | |
| John Playfair - Science - 1822 - 552 pages
...saw an hundred dice thrown in the air, and that they all fell on the same faces. If we had ourselves been spectators of such an event, we would not believe...admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability ; and no one would have recourse to an inversion of the laws of vision in order to account for it.... | |
| John Playfait - 1822 - 550 pages
...saw an hundred dice thrown in the air, and that they all fell on the same faces. If we had ourselves been spectators of such an event, we would not believe...admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability ; and uo one would have recourse to an inversion of the laws of vision in order to account for it.... | |
| 1827 - 600 pages
...he had seen an hundred dice thrown into the air, and all fall on the same faces. If we ourselves had been spectators of such an event, we would not believe...that there was no trick nor deception. After such examination, we would not hesitate to admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability; and no one... | |
| George Gleig (bp. of Brechin.) - 1827 - 1124 pages
...improbability of a hundred dice thrown at once all falling on the same faces, adds — M If we had ounelves been spectators of such an event, we would not believe our own ryes, till we had scrupulously examined all the circumstance:, and assured ourselves that there was... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - Theology - 1839 - 622 pages
...that he had seen an hundred dice thrown into the air, and fall on the same faces. If we ourselves had been spectators of such an event, we would not believe...that there was no trick nor deception. After such examination, we would not hesitate to admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability; and no one... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - Apologetics - 1836 - 402 pages
...distinct looks is justly represented by the enormous proportion of a thousand millions to one—so that it is not to be marvelled at, if, in a portion...Place's " Essai Philosophique sur les Probabilites," p. 15. Paris, 1814. '' We should not give credit to the testimony of a man who affirmed that he had seen... | |
| John Leland - Apologetics - 1837 - 784 pages
...he had seen an hundred dice thrown into the air, and all fall on the same faces. If we ourselves had been spectators of such an event, we would not believe...that there was no trick nor deception. After such examination, we- would not hesitate to admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability; and no one... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - Theology - 1839 - 622 pages
...hundred dice thrown into the air, and fall on the same faces. If we ourselves had been spectators af such an event, we would not believe our own eyes,...that there was no trick nor deception. After such examination, we would not hesitate to admit it, notwithstanding its great improbability; and no one... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - Apologetics - 1845 - 406 pages
...events the most violently improbable. He puts the case of a hundred dice being thrown into the ah-, and of their all falling on the same faces. " If we...Place's " Essai Philosophique sur les Probabilites," p. 15. Paris, 1814. "We should not give credit to the testimony of a man who affirmed that he had seen... | |
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