 | William Paley - 1823 - 396 страници
...reason of some diversity in the circumstances with which it is related . The usual character of huma* testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial...variety. This is what the daily experience of courts of j'istice teaches. When accounts of a transaction com* irom the mouths of different witnesses, it is... | |
 | Samuel Rowe - 1824 - 194 страници
...The discrepancies between the several Gospels. Q. What is the usual character of human testimony ? A. Substantial truth under circumstantial variety. This...the daily experience of courts of justice teaches, certain inconsistencies often make little impression, but a minute agreement induces the suspicion... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 478 страници
...understanding, than to reject the substance of a story, by reason of some diversity in the circumstances with which it is related. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth undercircumstantial variety. This is what the daily experience of courts of justice teaches. When accounts... | |
 | 1826 - 274 страници
...of some diversity in. the circumstances with which it is related. ' • [• Q. Why so? A. Because the usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. When accounts' of a transaction come from different witnesses^ we may generally pick out apparent or... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 страници
...understanding than to reject the substance of a story, by reason of some diversity in the circumstances with which it is related. The usual character of human...substantial truth under circumstantial variety. This is what thedaily experience of courts of justice teaches. When accounts of transactions come from the mouths... | |
 | John Bainbridge Smith - 1830 - 540 страници
...sensual indulgences here, and promising a voluptuous paradise hereafter. On Discrepancies in the Gospels. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. The Gospels were not properly histories, but memoirs; therefore, as each writer recorded what struck... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 страници
...understanding, than to reject the substance of a story, by reason of some diversity in the circumstances t transmitted through them ; and placed at the precise...namely, at the concourse of the refracted rays : dhTcrcut witnesses, it is seldom that it la not possible to pick out apparent or real inconsistencies... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 244 страници
...understanding, than to reject the substance of a story, in consequence of a diversity in the circumstances with which it is related. The usual character of human...is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. When accounts of a transaction come from the mouths of different witnesses, it is easy to pick out... | |
 | 1832 - 592 страници
...understanding, than to reject the substance of a story, by reason of some diversity in the circumstances with which it is related. The usual character of human...seldom that it is not possible to pick out apparent or fcal inconsistencies between them. These inconsistencies are studiously ditoperation of such a delusion... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1833 - 864 страници
...inadvertence, inattention, or defect of memory. It has been well remarked by a great observer (o), that " the usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety." It so rarely happens that witnesses of the same transaction perfectly and entirely agree in all points... | |
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The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. This is what the daily experience of courts of justice teaches. When accounts of a transaction come from the mouths of different witnesses, it is seldom that it... 
