 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
 | Henry Townley - 1852 - 110 pages
...be applied to the assumed universal belief in Deity : — " That dead men are seen no more, 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... | |
 | 1854 - 382 pages
...convert to the truth of that saying of the philosopher in "Rasselas," that it is more bold than wise to undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations, that the dead are seen no more. Philosophers of the school of Ennemoser* — at once the most credulous... | |
 | Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1856 - 80 pages
...institution, the author's ' Sexuality of Nature.' t " ' That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, ' I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. » » » This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could hecome universal only... | |
 | 1858 - 688 pages
...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... | |
 | John William Cole - 1859 - 810 pages
...Let us remember what the sage Imlac says, in " Rasselas :" — "That the dead are seen no more I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, amongst whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails... | |
 | John William Cole - 1859 - 416 pages
...Let us remember what the sage Imlac says, in " Rasselas:" — "That the dead are seen no more I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, amongst whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will o a collection of voyages and travels published by...year, and the remaining volumes in subsequent years. prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth 1 ; those that... | |
 | Uriah Clark - 1863 - 312 pages
...our dream of an angel when we meet again. — Theodore Parker. That the dead are seen no more I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and...and believed. This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails us far as human nature is diffused, could become CELESTIAL FOOTPRINTS. 15 universal only by its truth... | |
 | Uriah Clark - 1863 - 318 pages
...angel when we meet again. — Theodore Parker. That the dead are seen no more I will not undertake lo maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony...believed. This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails as far aa» human nature is diffused, could become CELESTIAL FOOTPRINTS. 15 universal only by its truth ;... | |
 | Henry Spicer - 1863 - 264 pages
...One is forcibly reminded of the words of Imlac, the Sage: — "There is no people, rude 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 its truth." Sometimes the... | |
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