 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...it is uadecided whether or not there has been an instance of the spirit of any person ap- ' pearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it." On the subject of our situation in a future state, he said, " The happiness of an unembodied spirit... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...1t i? undec1ded whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it." He said, " John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...it is undecided whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it." ' Literary Magazine, 1756, p. 37. * The following plausible, but over-prudent counsel on this sub'... | |
 | England - 1840 - 876 pages
...it is undecided whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it, but all belief is for it." Is not all belief at least one argument ? I cannot but think it much less a matter of astonishment... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...still it is undecided whether or not there has been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it." On the subject of our situation in a future state, he said, " The happiness of an unenibodied spirit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...Dee /'worn chiudere Ic labbra quanto cl puotc; Peru cJtez zcnzcl colpafa vergogna." person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for if." He said, "John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 458 pages
...is undecided whether or not - there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it." He said, " John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - Table-talk - 1825 - 370 pages
...still it is undecided whether or not there has been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it." On the subject of our situation in a future state, he said, " The happiness of an unembodied spirit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...it is undecided whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for its." He said, " John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged... | |
 | James Thacher - Superstition - 1831 - 274 pages
...whether or not there has ever been an instance, in modern times, of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it, but all belief is for it.' Boswell suggested, as an objection, that if spirits are in a state of happiness, it would be a punishment... | |
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It is wonderful that five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all... 
