 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 376
...false information, or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be propogated as every man of eminence may hear of himself. Some...afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters. He proceeds on examining passage after passage of this essay ; but we must pass over all these criticisms... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - Liczba stron: 238
...information, or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be proVOL. II. K pagated, as every man of eminence may hear of himself. Some...which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters."—"Had' .he lived (observes Mr. Boswell) to read what Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - Liczba stron: 526
...as what they know ; some men of confused memories and habitual inaccuracy, ascribe to one man wMat belongs to another ; and some talk on, without thought...which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters."9 Had he lived to read what Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi have related concerning himself,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - Liczba stron: 488
...the principal person concerned in that publication. C. ness of trusting too readily to information. Nothing but experience could evince the frequency...afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters. He proceeds on examining passage after passage of • this essay ; but we must pass over all these... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - Liczba stron: 486
...hint to this writer and all others, the danger and weakness of trusting too readily to information. Nothing but experience could evince the frequency...afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters. He proceeds on examining passage after passage of this * In all the papers and criticisms Dr. Johnson,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 492
...hint to this writer and all others, the danger and weakness of trusting too readily to information. Nothing but experience could evince the frequency...afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters. He proceeds on examining passage after passage of this essay ; but we must pass over ail these cri*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 514
...hint to this writer and all others, the danger and weakness of trusting too readily to information. Nothing but experience could evince the frequency...afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters. He proceeds on examining passage after passage of this essay ; but we must pass over all these cri*... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - Liczba stron: 500
...confused memories and habitual inac- 1778. curacy, ascribe to one man what belongs to another ; ^""T^g and some talk on without thought or care. A few men...afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters." 9 Had he lived to read what Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi have related concerning himself, how much... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - 1819 - Liczba stron: 206
...Dr. Johnson observes, " Nothing but experience can evince the frequency of false information ; — some men relate what they think as what they know;...another, and some talk on without thought or care. . Accustom your ichildren, therefore, to a strict attention to truth; even in the most minute particulars... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - Liczba stron: 520
...variations in narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Well, Madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching....afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters."* Had he lived to read what Sir John Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi have related concerning himself, how much... | |
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Nothing but experience could evince the frequency of false information, or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be propagated, as every man of eminence may hear of himself. Some men relate what they think, as what they know... 
