| William Wright Hardwicke - Evolution - 1899 - 334 pages
...contemporary of Jesus, performed wonderful miracles. Tacitus says that " he cured a blind man in Alexandria by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere touch of his foot." The Hindu Krishna was in constant strife against the evil spirit, surmounting extraordinary dangers,... | |
| David Hume - Ethics - 1902 - 419 pages
...all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere...have recourse to the Emperor, for these miraculous cures. The story may be seen in that fine historian ' ; where every circumstance seems to add weight... | |
| David Hume - Ethics - 1907 - 324 pages
...history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, j>y means oi his spittle, and a lame man by the mere touch of his...have recourse to the Emperor, for these miraculous cures. The story may be seen in that fine historian;1 where every -circumstance seems to add weight... | |
| Grace Norton - 1908 - 258 pages
...reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria by means of his spittle, and a lame man l by the mere touch of his foot ; in obedience to a...have recourse to the Emperor for these miraculous cures. An Inquiry concerning the Human Understanding (Sect. :i). MONTAIGNE, Livre III, 8. Ce qu'il... | |
| David Hume - Electronic books - 1750 - 272 pages
...all prophar.e Hiftory is that which Tacitus reports of Vefpajian, who cur'da blind Man in Alexandria, by Means of his Spittle, and a lame Man by the mere Touch of hia Foot ; in Obedience to a Vifion of the God, Serapis, who had enjoin'd them to have recourfe to... | |
| Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - Philosophy - 1992 - 324 pages
...all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere...have recourse to the emperor, for these miraculous cures. The story may be seen in that fine historian; where every circumstance seems to add weight to... | |
| David Hume, Eric Steinberg - Philosophy - 1993 - 170 pages
...all profane history, is that which TACITUS reports of VESPASIAN, who cured a blind man in ALEXANDRIA, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere...have recourse to the Emperor, for these miraculous cures. The story may be seen in that fine historian;45 where every circumstance seems to add weight... | |
| R. Douglas Geivett, Gary R. Habermas - Religion - 1997 - 340 pages
...all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere...have recourse to the Emperor, for these miraculous cures. The story may be seen in that fine historian;5 where every circumstance seems to add weight... | |
| David Hume, Richard H. Popkin - Religion - 1998 - 158 pages
...all profane history, is that which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere...have recourse to the Emperor, for these miraculous cures. The story may be seen in that fine historian/ where every circumstance seems to add weight to... | |
| James Fieser - Philosophy - 2005 - 500 pages
...flourishes, is the miracle 'which Tacitus reports of Vespasian, who cured a blind man in Alexandria, by means of his spittle, and a lame man by the mere...the Emperor, for these miraculous and extraordinary cures.'"6 The story he introduces with informing us, that it is 'one of the best attested miracles... | |
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