 He appears by his modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Strana iiipodľa Samuel Johnson - 1840Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - Počet stránok 520
...life ; and to have confulted his fenfes not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey...inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with irremediable barrennefs, or bleffed with fpontaneous feba cundity, ii DR JOHNSON'S PREFACE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - Počet stránok 652
..." not his imagination. He meets with no bafi" lifks, that deftroy with their eyes; his cro" codiles devour their prey, without tears ; and " his cataracts...inhabitants. The ** reader will here find no regions curfed with ** irremediable barrenaefs, or blefied with fpon" taneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Počet stránok 496
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appears; by his modest and unaffected narration,...prey without tears, and his, cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Počet stránok 648
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration,...basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles shows. He says that in the dissertations alone an exact translation has been attempted. The rest of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - Počet stránok 640
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration,...basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles shows. He says that in the dissertations alone an exact translation has been attempted. The rest of... | |
 | James Bruce - 1804 - Počet stránok 518
...no romantic absurdities, or incredible fictions. He seems to have described things as he saw them j to have copied nature from the life ; and to have...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; and his cataracts fall from the rock, without -deafening the neighbouring inhabitants." At first... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Počet stránok 376
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears by his modest and unaffected narration,...with no basilisks tha,t destroy with their eyes; his * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr JOHNION, by the Editor. Vot. II. A a crocodiles devour... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Počet stránok 350
...have described things as he saw them ; to have " copied nature from the life ; and to have con" suited his senses, not his imagination. He " meets with no...from the " rock, without deafening the neighbouring in" habitants. The reader will here find no re" gions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or " blessed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - Počet stránok 514
...probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appeare by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described...prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed... | |
 | 1807 - Počet stránok 474
...probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him, who cannot contradict him. He appears by his narration to have described things as he saw them,...have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He discovers what will always be discovered by a diligent and impartial enquirer, that whereever human... | |
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