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 whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as... Rasselas: A Tale - Page 96by Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1822 - 394 pages
...the soul, and of divine providence.' " ' That the dead are seen no more,' observes Johnson, ' I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps piv\ »i K as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more, (said Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more, (said Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that... | |
| T. M. Jarvis - 1823 - 252 pages
...appearances of spirits fabulous and groundless. Addison. Spectator, 110. There are no people, rnde or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion could become universal only by its truth. Johnson. Rasselaf. Glanville has adduced some evidences of... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 424 pages
...Rasselas, it is almost superfluous to quote : — " That the dead are seen no more, said Imlac, I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 64 pages
...dead; he that is once buried will be seen no That the dead are seen no more," said Inline, ". I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, mid of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 pages
...by the following acute train of reasoning : " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...diffused, could become universal only by its truth 3 those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 pages
...by the following acute train of reasoning : " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truthj those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...might have been excited by the recent spectre. " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will <w ܸ/ ܸ/ ܸ/ lar as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those, that never heard... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and...nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among v horn apparitions of the deail are not related and believed. This ipinion, which, perhaps, prevails... | |
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