 | 692 pages
...all the works of darkness, whether carried on hy human or hy spiritual agency." — pp. 20—25. •' There are persons, unhappily, who have the power of...against the proof of any proposition that offends their projudices, or that stimulates into active resistance certain peculiar elements in their mental composition.... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 586 pages
...spiritual agency." — pp. 20 — 25. " There are persons, unhappily, who have the power of getting their face like a flint against the proof of any proposition that »fiends their prejudices, or that stimulates into fiel. Mag.— VOL. II. active resistance certain... | |
 | Great Britain - 1861 - 876 pages
...of such instances is but too notorious. There are persons, unhappily, who have the power ot" Retting their face like a flint against the proof of any proposition...offends their prejudices, or that stimulates into active résistance certain peculiar elementa in their mental composition. With individuals of tliis class,... | |
 | William Howitt - Spiritualism - 1863 - 514 pages
...unhappily, who have the power of setting their faces like a flint against the proof of any proposition which offends their prejudices, or that stimulates into...individuals of this class, mathematical demonstration would probably be unavailing. As Cudworth has said, it is credible that were there any interest of... | |
 | Francis STARR - Christian life - 1866 - 250 pages
...state of sanity. The obstinacy displayed in such instances is often quite prodigious ; and yet it might be reasonably surmised that it is connected with some...demonstration itself would probably be unavailing. As Cudworth has said, — " It is credible that were there any interest of life, any concernment of... | |
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... vigour. But, however this may be, the existence of such instances is but too notorious. There are persons, unhappily, who have the power of setting their face like a flint against the proof of any proposition that offends their prejudices, or that... 