 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; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page iiiby Samuel Johnson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 pages
...life ; and to have confulted his fenfes not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey...inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with irremediable barrennefs, or bleffed with fpontaneous feba cundity, ii DR JOHNSON'S PREFACE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
..." not his imagination. He meets with no bafi" lifks, that deftroy with their eyes; his cro" codiles devour their prey, without tears ; and " his cataracts...inhabitants. The ** reader will here find no regions curfed with ** irremediable barrenaefs, or blefied with fpon" taneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...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,...prey without tears, and his, cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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,...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 - 640 pages
...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,...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 pages
...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 pages
...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,...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 pages
...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...from the " rock, without deafening the neighbouring in" habitants. The reader will here find no re" gions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or " blessed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appeare by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described...prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed... | |
 | 1807 - 474 pages
...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... | |
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