... barbarity. 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... A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Page 22by Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...any thing distinctly. The first race of scholars, hence, for the most part, were learning to speak rather than to think, and were therefore more studious... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he vras the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused...credulous. Learning was then rising on the world; but ages «o long accustomed to darkness, were too much dazzled with its light to see any thing distinctly.... | |
| Robert Forsyth - 1806 - 656 pages
...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...age when all men were credulous. Learning was then risiug on the world ; but ages so long accustomed to darkness were too much dazzled with its light... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 pages
...are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he was the author of the fictions, ia A fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused...Learning was then rising on the •world ; but ages i so long accustomed to darkness, were too much dazzled with its light, to see any thing distinctly.... | |
| Christiane Derobert-Ratel - 1809 - 590 pages
...credulity are justly'blamed. The fabulousness, if he was the author of the fiction, is a fault for which no apology can be made; but his credulity may be excused...when all men were credulous. Learning was then rising in the world; but ages so long accustomed to darkness were too much dazzled with its light to see any... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 pages
...are justly blamed. Tife fabulousness, if he was the author of the fiction, is a fault, for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused...when all men were credulous. Learning was then rising in. the world, but ages so long accustomed to darkness were too much dazzled with its light to see... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...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...first race of scholars in the fifteenth century, and sometime after, were, for the most part, learning to speak, rather than to think, and were therefore... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...fabulousness, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can , be made j but his credulity may be excused in an age when all...first race of scholars in the fifteenth century, and sometime after, •vftere, for. the most part, learning to speak, rather than to think, and were therefore... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 540 pages
...are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if ho was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused...darkness, were too much dazzled with its light to see any tiling distinctly. The first race of scholars, in the fifteenth, century, and some time after, were,... | |
| Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pages
...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...the fifteenth century, and some time after, were, forthemostpart, learningto speak, rather than to think, and were therefore more studious of elegance... | |
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