 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 340 pages
...or unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by - truth * ; those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but... | |
 | William Drennan - 1848 - 180 pages
...and feelingly in Rasselas (chap, vi.) : — " 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. * * * * That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence, and some... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...he that is once buried will be seen no more. " Thai the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will It0 3 Tins opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 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...people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of die dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused,... | |
 | 1848 - 622 pages
...endeavouring to provide by the labours of his pen. ' That the dead are seen no more,' said Imlac, ' I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...no people rude or learned, among whom apparitions are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused,... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 476 pages
...that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," replied Tinlac, " I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and...apparitions of the dead are not related and believed." In this saying of Tinlac we must suppose Johnson's opinion to be mainly embodied, although it may not... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 562 pages
...that is once buried will be seen no more/' ' "That the dead are seen no more," replied Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and...apparitions of the dead are not related and believed." In this saying of Imlac we must suppose Johnson's opinion to be mainly embodied, although it may not... | |
 | 1851 - 566 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...among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This opinion, which prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1852 - 582 pages
...he that is onco 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 fur as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never... | |
 | John Rutherfurd Russell - 1852 - 456 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... | |
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