Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails... Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson - Страница 96по Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 323 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 страници
...seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Unix). 1 will not undertake to maintain, ininrt the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is •> people, rude or learned, among whom appiritions of the dead are not related and beWvtd. This opinion,... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 310 страници
...to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations. There are no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become... | |
| 1863 - 622 страници
...admitting, in the language of Johnson, that some belief in apparitions of the dead may be supported by ' the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations,' we sec a marked difference between the venerable and general belief or superstition of past ages, and... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 604 страници
...promise you safety: there is no danger from the dead; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth1 ; those that... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 378 страници
...dead; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), J will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 страници
...'Gainst such belief, there 's something stronger still In its behalf, let those deny who will. (1) [" That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails... | |
| William Hone - 1837 - 954 страници
...hands ; it of course relieved no apprehension that might have been excited by the recent spectre. " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom appantions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails as far... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 128 страници
...promise you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is ililV'i-. .1. could become universal only by its truth: those, that 'ever heard of one another, would... | |
| 1840 - 528 страници
...prove it impossible, refute the evidence, or explain it away. That, in the words of Dr. Johnson, " there is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. That this opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal... | |
| 1858 - 690 страници
...abounds in instances of these three supernaturals. Says Dr. Johnson: "That the dead are seen no more, I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent...unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some who... | |
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