| James Boswell - 1768 - 426 pages
...in his dreams, what afterwards came to pafs. Paoli confirmed this by fevcral inftances. Said he, * I can give you no clear explanation of it. I only tell you facts. Sometimes I have been miftaken, but in general, thefe vifions have proved true. I cannot fay what may be the agency of invifible... | |
| 1855 - 604 pages
...generally spread, we are told, through the island. ' I can give no clear explanation of this,' he said: ' I only tell you facts. Sometimes I have been mistaken,...what ' may be the agency of invisible spirits. They must certainly ' know more than we do : and there is nothing absurd in sup' posing that God should... | |
| 1892 - 890 pages
...which he declared to have often been practically confirmed. " I can give you no explanation," he said ; "I only tell you facts. Sometimes I have been mistaken, but in general these visions have proved true." And whether he did really believe in a spiritual origin of these dreams or not, he evidently found... | |
| Herman Merivale - 1865 - 520 pages
...generally spread, we are told, through the island. ' I can give no clear explanation of this,' he said: ' I only tell you facts. Sometimes I have been mistaken,...what may be the agency of invisible spirits. They must certainly know more than we do : and there is nothing absurd in supposing that God should permit... | |
| James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - 288 pages
...in his dreams, what afterwards came to pass. Paoli confirmed this by several instances. Said he, " I can give you no clear explanation of it. I only tell...permit them to communicate their knowledge to us." He went into a most curious and pleasing disquisition on a subject, which the late ingenious Mr. Baxter... | |
| James Boswell - 1879 - 302 pages
...in his dreams, what afterwards came to pass. Paoli confirmed this by several instances. Said he, " I can give you no clear explanation of it. I only tell...permit them to communicate their knowledge to us." treated in a very philosophical manner, in his " Inquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul;"* a book... | |
| Charles Wilkins - 1882 - 632 pages
...in his dreams what afterwards came to pass. Paoli confirmed this by several instances. Said he : ' I can give you no clear explanation of it. I only tell...permit them to communicate their knowledge to us.' " The death of the .Duke of Buckingham is said to have been foretold by a number of dreams. His sister,... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1892 - 524 pages
...he declared to have often been practically confirmed. " I can give you no explanation," he said ; " I only tell you facts. Sometimes I have been mistaken, but in general these visions have proved true." And whether he did really believe in a spiritual origin of these dreams or not, he evidently found... | |
| James Boswell - 2006 - 302 pages
...in his dreams, what afterwards came to pass. Paoli confirmed this by several instances. Said he, 'I can give you no clear explanation of it. I only tell...permit them to communicate their knowledge to us.' He went into a most curious and pleasing disquisition, on a subject, which the late ingenious Mr. Baxter... | |
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