 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...  Apparitions: a Narrative of Facts - Page 16by Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1874 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...Imlac, I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations. There is no people rude or learned, among...as human nature is diffused, could become universal onlv by its truth : those, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...dead are not related and believed. ce 3 This This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as humaft 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 ex.s perience can make credible. That... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...are not related ani believed. This opinion, which perhaps prS^ils as far as human nature is diffnsed, 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 cd&lnake credible. That it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 pages
...of all ages and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among -whom apparitions of ihe dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which...universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothingbutexperiencecau make credibJe. That it is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
...1 will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diifused, 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned,...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... | |
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