 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 pages
...elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age, when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on the world ; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 pages
...vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author^of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age, when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on on the world ; but ages... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on the world ; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly bhmed. His fabuloufnefs, if he vas the author of the fiftions, is a fault for which no apology can be made; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on the world ; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 258 pages
...elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufhcfs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault .for which no apology can be made 5 but his credulity may be excufed in an age, when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 pages
...are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he was the auther of the fictions, is a fault for which ao apology can be made; but his credulity may be excused...light to see any thing distinctly. The first race of scholars in the fifteenth century, and some time after, were, for the most part, learning to speak,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a, fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then riling on the world; but ages fo long,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then riling on the oo world; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...ultimate result. Life of Dryden. When learning was first rising on the world, in the fifteenth century, ages so long accustomed to darkness were too much...light to see any thing distinctly. The first race of scholars, hence, for the most part, were learning to speak rather than to think, and were therefore... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 668 pages
...and vigour ; but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology...light to see any thing distinctly. The first race of scholars in the fifteenth century, and some time after, were for the most part learning to speak rather... | |
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His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness. if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused in an age when... 
