 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. - Page 12by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...a right to demand that they fhould believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears, by his modtft and unaffected narration, to have defcribed things...crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his * For an account of this book, fbc the Life of Dr. Jobn/oat by the Editor. VOL. IX. F f cataracts cataracts... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 pages
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand, that they fhould believe him who cannot contradict him. HE appears, by his modeft and unaffected narration,...crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. THE reader will here find... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 544 pages
...his modeft and unaffected narration, t~j have defcribed things as he faw them ; to have copied rature from the life ; and to have confulted his fenfes not...crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. THE reader will here find... | |
 | 1789 - 640 pages
...appears, by his ruDitcatteni, " modeft and unafFeAed narration, n " havedefcribed things as he fawtbem; " to have copied Nature from the life; " and to have confulted his fenfes, not " his imagination."— In March, i6u» Father Jerome Lobo embarked ia the fame fleet with the Count Vidigueua, then appointed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...who cannot contradict him. " He appears, by his modeft and unaffected narration, to have defcribtd things as he faw them, to have copied nature from...crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...Abyflinia to the Church of Rome. In the preface to this work Johnfon obferves, " that the Por" tuguefe traveller, contrary to the general view " of his countrymen,...his fenfes, " not his imagination. He meets with no bafi" lifks, that deftroy with their eyes; his cro" codiles devour their prey, without tears ; and... | |
 | 1792 - 574 pages
...incredible fiiftions. He appears, by his modeft and unaffefted narration, to have defcribed things ns he faw them ; to have copied nature from the life; and to have confulted his fcnfcs, not his imagination. He meets with no bafililks, that dcfiroy with their eyes; his crocodiles... | |
 | Richard Hole - 1797 - 276 pages
...tranflated thefe travels from the French, and in his preface gives the following account of the author : " He appears by his modeft and. unaffected narration...to have confulted his fenfes, not his imagination." Ferdinand Mendez Pinto informs us, (I quote from the tranflation in 1653,) that, on the banks of a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his, cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...the general " view, of his countrymen, has amufed his ** readers with no romantic abfurdities, of " incredible fictions. He appears, by his " modeft and...his fenfes, not his imagination. " He meets with no bafililks, that deftroy " with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour " their prey, without tears ; and... | |
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