 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 456 strani
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 676 strani
...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." Gazette's infancy and youth were spent in a manner well calculated to nourish a strong belief in supernatural... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1793 - 588 strani
...licorne universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in » tale which nothing but experience can make credible....and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it with their fears." In September this year, Mr. Wesley wrote the following letter to Mr. James Morgan,... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1845 - 594 strani
...better than conclude this subject with the words of Dr. Johnson, in his Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. " If all your fear be of apparitions, (said the prince,)...cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence: and ноте who deny it with their tongues, confess it with their fears." In September this year, Mr.... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1845 - 584 strani
...dead; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac) 1 will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent...and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it with their fears." In September this year, Mr. Wesley wrote the following letter to Mr. James Morgan,... | |
 | 1848 - 660 strani
...diffused, could not 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." "We talked," says Boswell, "of belief in ghosts. He said, Sir, I make a distinction between what a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 strani
...learned , among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused , could...it with their tongues , confess it by their fears. « Yet I do not mean to add new terrors to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 194 strani
...learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could...deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears. "Yet I do not mean to add new terrors to those which have already seized upon Pckuah. There can be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 strani
...opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth1 ; those that never heard of one another, would not have...weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with theif tongues, confess it by their fears." Notwithstanding my high admiration of Rasselas, I will not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 340 strani
...believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by - truth * ; those that never heard of one another, would...and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it with their fears." — Rasselas. * This is a mere sophistry; all ages and all nations are not agreed... | |
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This opinion, which 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 by single... 
