 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 568 pages
...his Rasselas*, he maintains it, in the person of Imlac, by the following acute train of reasoning: " That the dead are seen no more, said Imlac, I will...credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, » Vol. V. Chap. xxxi. can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some who deny it-with their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...alludes to the story of a French gentleman, who, going into the catacombs, not far from Cairo, with " If all your fear be of apparitions," said the prince,...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...Rasselas,* he maintains it, in the person of Imlac, by the following acute train of reasoning : i " That the dead are seen no more," said' Imlac, " I...it with their tongues confess it by their fears." - . Cavillers have indeed doubted the credibility of this tale, rejecting it in every instance as the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 622 pages
...his Rasselas,* he maintains it, in the person of Imlac, by the following acute train of reasoning: " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...•with their tongues confess it by their fears." Cavillers have indeed doubted the credibility of this tale, rejecting it in every instance as the dream... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Johnson - Literary Collections - 1825 - 508 pages
...that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will jot undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...his Rasselas,* he maintains it, in the person of Imlac, by the following acute train of reasoning : " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence j and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears." Cavillers have indeed doubted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unTaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimonv of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people,...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimouy of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people,...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 602 pages
...his Rasselas,* he maintains it, in the person of Imlac, by the following acute train of reasoning : " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubtcil by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some who deny it with... | |
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This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted... 
