 Stanley could believe in anything of which he had seen the supposed site, but was sceptical where he had not seen. At a breakfast at Monckton Milnes's, just at the time of the Colenso row, Milnes asked me my views on the Pentateuch, and I gave them. Stanley...  Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley - Page 455by Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - 1900Full view - About this book
 | 1896 - 926 pages
...where he had not seen. At a breakfast at Monckton Miines's, just at the time of the Coleuso row, Miines asked me my views on the Pentateuch, and I gave them....Palestine — but he wasn't present at the Creation." Admirably did he once characterize Tennyson's conversation. "Doric beauty is its characteristic—... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1896 - 788 pages
...seen the supposed site, but was skeptical where he had not seen. At a breakfast at Monckton Millies', just at the time of the Colenso row, Milnes asked...call of Abraham and the historical narrative of the Pent:itench he accepted. This was because he had seen Palestine —but he wasn't present at the creation.'... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1896 - 608 pages
...breakfast at Munckton Milnes's, just at the time of the Colenso row, Milnes asked mo my views on tin Pentateuch, and I gave them. Stanley differed from...The account of creation in Genesis he dismissed at on 'e as unhistorical ; bnt tin- Call of Abraham, and the historical narrative of the Pentateuch, ho... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - 1900 - 584 pages
...extraordinarily kind it was of your father to take all this trouble in entertaining a complete xxv TABLE-TALK 455 stranger, and choosing a subject which put me...Palestine — but he wasn't present at the Creation. When he and Stanley met, there was sure to be a brisk interchange of repartee. One of these occasions,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - 1900 - 590 pages
...how extraordinarily kind it was of your father to take all this trouble in entertaining a complete stranger, and choosing a subject which put me at my...Palestine — but he wasn't present at the Creation. When he and Stanley met, there was sure to be a brisk interchange of repartee. One of these occasions,... | |
 | Arthur Compton-Rickett - 1906 - 250 pages
...Colenso row, Milnes asked me my views on the Pentateuch, and I gave them. Stanley differed from us. The account of creation in Genesis he dismissed at...Palestine, but he wasn't present at the creation." " It tickled his sense of humour," remarks Leslie Stephen,* " in treating of miracles to call in' Newman... | |
 | Arthur Compton-Rickett - 1906 - 246 pages
...seen the supposed site, but was sceptical where he had not seen. At a breakfast at Monckton Milnes', just at the time of the Colenso row, Milnes asked...Pentateuch, and I gave them. Stanley differed from us. The account of creation in Genesis he dismissed at once as unhistorical; but the call of Abraham... | |
 | 1896 - 1086 pages
...; yet his historical impressionableness told the other way. Huxley explained his position thus : ' Stanley could believe in anything of which he had...Palestine — but he wasn't present at the Creation.' Admirably did he once characterise Tennyson's conversation. ' Doric beauty is its characteristic —... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1896 - 786 pages
...seen the supposed site, but was skeptical where he had not seen. At a breakfast at Monckton Milnes', just at the time of the Colenso row, Milnes asked...Palestine —but he wasn't present at the creation.' '" " Admirably did he once characterize Tennyson's conversation. ' Doric beauty is its characteristic... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1900 - 890 pages
...had not seen. At a breakfast at Monckton Milnes' just at the time of the Colenso row, Milnes asked my views on the Pentateuch, and I gave them. Stanley differed from me. The account of the creation in Genesis he dismissed as unhistorical ; but the call of Abraham and the historical narrative... | |
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