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Hume (David)

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the historian, takes the lead among modern philosophical sceptics. His great argument is this: It is more likely that testimony should be false than that miracles should be true. (1711–1776.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Huma (The)
Human Race (h soft)
Human Sacrifice
Humanitarians
Humanities or Humanity Studies
Humber
Humble Bee
Humble Cow (A)
Humble Pie
Humbug
Hume (David)
Humming Ale
Hummums (in Covent Garden)
Humour
Humpback (The)
Humphrey (Master)
Humpty Dumpty
Hunchback
Hundred
Hundred
Hundred Days