 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among_wJiom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed....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 - 608 pages
...which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truthj those that never heard of one another, would not have...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 dream... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 pages
...which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth 3 those that never heard of one another, would not have...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 dream... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that never heard of one another, would not hare agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can...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 dream... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could...cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; aud some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears." Notwithstanding my high admiration... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 442 pages
...rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could...cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; aud some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears." Notwithstanding my high admiration... | |
 | Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...universal only by its truth ; those that never heard of one another, would never have agreed in a talc which nothing but experience can make credible. —...it with their tongues confess it by their fears." ' i\o man is privileged to impugn the knowledge of existences which others have derived from their... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which me ?" JOHNSON : " Nay, Sir, harmless pleasure is the...therefore to furnish pleasure that is harmless, pleasure nerally is ; for I am sure that he had less enjoyment from it than I have. Yet, whatever additional... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as 1 »r as human nature is diffused, could become universal...little weaken the general evidence ; and some who deny H with their tongues, confess it by their fears." nerally is ; for I am sure that he had less enjoyment... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 712 pages
...is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that never heard of one another could not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears." Upon such principles as these there lingers in the breasts even of philosophers, a reluctance to decide... | |
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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... 
