 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 strani
...of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to...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 - 648 strani
...of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to...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 Bruce - 1804 - 518 strani
...no romantic absurdities, or incredible fictions. He seems to have described things as he saw them j to have copied nature from the life ; and to have...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; and his cataracts fall from the rock, without -deafening the neighbouring inhabitants." At first... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 strani
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears by his modest and unaffected narration, to...with no basilisks tha,t destroy with their eyes; his * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr JOHNION, by the Editor. Vot. II. A a crocodiles devour... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 strani
...inte'( rea, et ne paupertate vires animi languescant, ne in fla"•' gitia egestas adigat, caverjdum." " have described things as he saw them ; to have " copied nature from the life ; and to have con" suited his senses, not his imagination. He " meets with no basilisks, that destroy with " their... | |
 | 1807 - 474 strani
...probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him, who cannot contradict him. He appears by his narration to have described things as he saw them,...have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He discovers what will always be discovered by a diligent and impartial enquirer, that whereever human... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 strani
...demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears, by his modest and unaffecting narration, to have described things as he saw them,...from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr. Johnson pre-. fixed to this edition. liis imagination.... | |
 | James Bruce - 1813 - 516 strani
...his original) has amused his reader with no romantic absurdities, or incredible fictions. He seems to have described things as he saw them ; to have copied nature from the life; and to have consuited his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 strani
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to...crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr. JOHNSON, by the Editor. cataracts fall from the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 strani
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand Jhat they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to...crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his ' * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr. JOHNSON, by the Editor. cataracts fall from the... | |
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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. 
