 He appears by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles...  Works of Henry Lord Brougham ... - Stran 313avtor: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 strani
...life, and to have confulted his fenfes, not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his * For an account of this book, fbc the Life of Dr. Jobn/oat by the Editor. VOL. IX. F f cataracts cataracts... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 strani
...life ; and to have confulted his fenfes not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 544 strani
...their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with irremediable barrennefs, or blefled with fpontaneous feb 2 cundity; cundity ; no perpetual... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 strani
...life, and to have confulted his fenfes, not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey...inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions curfed with irremediable barrennefs, or blefied with fpontaneous fecundity; no perpetual gloom, or... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 strani
...life, and to have confulted his fenfes, not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey...rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. "IJge reader will here find no regions curfed with irremediable barrennefs, or Welted with fpontaneous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 strani
...life, and to have confulted his fenfes, not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his catarafts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here... | |
 | 1792 - 574 strani
...life; and to have confulted his fcnfcs, not his imagination. He meets with no bafililks, that dcfiroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey, without tears; and his catafafts fall from the rock, without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. The reader will here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 strani
...their eyes; his cro" codiles devour their prey, without tears ; and " his cataracts fall from the rock, without " deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. The ** reader will here find no regions curfed with ** irremediable barrenaefs, or blefied with fpon" taneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 strani
...described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles shows. He says that in the dissertations alone an exact translation has been attempted. The rest of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 strani
...described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles shows. He says that in the dissertations alone an exact translation has been attempted. The rest of... | |
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