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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... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 278
by James Boswell - 1880
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The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 184 pages
...perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth : thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence, and fome who deny it with their tongue^...
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The prince of Abissinia [by S. Johnson].

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...prevails as far as human nature isdiffufed, could become 7 univerfal univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by Tingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence} and fome who deny it with their tongues...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth: thofe, thac never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...Become univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed jn a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues...
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The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 pages
...as far as - human nature is diffufed, could become 2. univerfal univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and fome who deny it with their tongues...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...which prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth ; thofe that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by lingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and fome who deny it with their tongues,...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 20

1791 - 542 pages
...prevails ss far as human nature is diffuled, could become univerlal or.ly by1 its truth ; thofe lhat never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can malte credibls. That it is doubted by fingk cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth : thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues...
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Letters from a Father to His Son: Letters ... written in the years 1792 and ...

John Aikin - 1796 - 374 pages
...is diffufed, could become uniT a .. "verfa) " verfal only by its truth: thofe that ne" ver heard it of one another, would not " have agreed in a tale which nothing but " experience could make credible." Refpecting this argument of the univerfality of an opinion, it may be faid, that...
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