| William Blackstone - 1791 - 528 pages
...conjuration, inchantment, orfotrery. To deny the poflibility, nay, actual exiftence of witchcraft and forcery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word of God, in various paffages both of the old and new teftament : and the thing itfelf is a truth to which every nation... | |
| 1793 - 542 pages
...witchcraft and forcery, is at once flatly ro contradict the. revealed word of God ; the thing itfelf is a truth, to which every nation in the world hath in its time borne teftimony," I nm confident the Creator never permitted mankind to enter into confederacy... | |
| William Blackstone - 1800 - 620 pages
...conjuration, incbantmtnt, orforcery. To deny the poffibility, nay, actual exiftence of witehcraft and forcery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word of God, in various paflages both of the old and new teftament : and the thing itfelf is a truth to which every nation... | |
| 1803 - 430 pages
...inchantment, or forcery. To deny the pofiibility, nay, a&ual existence, of witchcraft and forcery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word of God, in various paflages both of the old and new testament : and the thing itfelf is a. truth to which every nation... | |
| Frederick Ritso - 1815 - 266 pages
...repeat his own words : " To deny the possibility, nay, actual existence of witchcraft and sorcery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word...turn, borne testimony, either by examples, seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws, which at least suppose the possibility of a commerce with evil... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 pages
...the genera* Hist, of Mass. vol. ii. chap. i. f Comme ntaries, b . iv. c. iv. " Witchcraft or sorcery is a truth to which every nation in the world, hath, in its turn, borne testimony, by either examples seemingly well attested, or prohibitory laws, which at least suppose the possibility... | |
| James Heaton - 1822 - 286 pages
...the actual existence of witchcraft and sorcery," says the learned and honourable Judge Blackstone, "is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word...of God, in various passages both of the old and new Testaments ; and the thing itself is a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne... | |
| Nathan Dane - 1824 - 768 pages
...witchcraft ; for he says, " to deny the possibility, nay the actual existence of witchcraft, and sorcery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word...God, in various passages, both of the Old and New Testaments ; and the thing itself is a truth to which every nation in the world hath, in its turn,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...remarkable proof of the antiquity of this notion may be found in St. Chrysostom's book de Sasorcery, is, at once flatly to contradict the revealed word...at least, suppose the possibility of commerce with ftvil spirits." Blackstone, Commentaries iv. 60. The learned judge, however, concludes with calling... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 pages
...inchantmcnt, or sorcery. To deny the possibility, nay, actual existence of witchcraft and sorcery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word...a truth to which every nation in the world hath in it's turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws ; which... | |
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