 ... undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - Strona 141autor: Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 184Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
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...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,...it by their fears. " Yet I do not mean to add new tcrrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can be no reason why spectres should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - Liczba stron: 582
...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,...it by their fears. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can be no reason why spectres should... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1823 - Liczba stron: 420
...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,...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears." Of this reasoning the reader will find an examination in one of Dr. Aikin's Letters to his Son. See... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - Liczba stron: 614
...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 * Vol. V. Chap. xxxi. nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - Liczba stron: 860
...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 * Vol. V. Chap. xxxi. nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers,... | |
 | T. M. Jarvis - 1823 - Liczba stron: 252
...less miraculous nature, would immediately be admitted as conclusive. " All the nations of the world have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible." But this agreement is not simply confined to a belief that the spirits of the dead have the power of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - Liczba stron: 568
...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,...credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, » Vol. V. Chap. xxxi. can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some who deny it-with their... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 508
...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,...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 622
...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,...•with their tongues confess it by their fears." Cavillers have indeed doubted the credibility of this tale, rejecting it in every instance as the dream... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 508
...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,...deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrours to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can... | |
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