 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
 | 1858 - 690 pages
...in instances of these three supernaturals. Says Dr. Johnson: "That the dead are seen no more, I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and...unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some who... | |
 | J S. Reisender - 1843 - 172 pages
...Such unexpected success caused Mentor to be looked upon as a man favoured and inspired by the gods. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human...diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; for those that never heard of another would not have agreed in a tale which oeretnigen, bie allein... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1793 - 588 pages
...he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That tho dead arc seen no more (said Imlac) I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ases, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, anioflç whom apparitions of the dead... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1845 - 584 pages
...he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac) 1 will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and...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 never... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1845 - 594 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 and...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 never... | |
 | 1848 - 660 pages
...dead ; 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...apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. The opinion which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could not become universal... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 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 truth1 ; those that... | |
 | 1846 - 526 pages
...ghosts too. It was precisely on such testimony that Johnson did so. " This opinion," says the sage, " which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth." One word more and I have done with this question of antiquity. You never once advert to the notorious... | |
 | William Henderson - 1846 - 144 pages
...ghosts too. It was precisely on such testimony that Johnson did so. " This opinion," says the sage, " which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth." One word more and I have done with this question of antiquity. You never once advert to the notorious... | |
 | Esq. J. H. JAMES (of London.) - 1847 - 184 pages
...Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her for two hundred ounces of gold. There are no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. And her mind, though forced into short excursions, always recurred to the image of her... | |
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