 | Lucy Hake - 1828 - 506 pages
...strange doctrines of ancient sages, and ,the more refined opinions of modern umpires.; .} ;. .: ... " ' There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed,' says the learned PF. Johnson, 'This opinion, which, perhaps, preyails as far as human nature is diffused,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1831 - 138 pages
...promise your safety : There is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will...believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far an 1mman nature u diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that never heard of one... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...promise you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will...are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth 1 ; those that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...promise you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will...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... | |
 | William Howells - 1831 - 220 pages
...explanation is absolutely a cutting of the gordiau '" knot— he lied." Dr. Johnson thus gives his opinion, " There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions...the .dead are not related and believed. This opinion could become universal only by its tru;h : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...promise you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will not v undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 pages
...rears 'Gainst such belief, there's something stronger still In its behalf, let those deny who will. (1) ["That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I...ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 332 pages
...rears 'Gainst such belief, there's something stronger still In its behalf, let those deny who will. (1) ["That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I...ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails... | |
 | 1833 - 626 pages
...of fiction, are well known to have been his deliberate opinions.— " That the dead are seen no more I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent...unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations. There are no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 pages
...work of fiction, are well known to have been his deliberate opinion. "That the dead are seen no more I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent...unvaried testimony of all ages and of all nations. There are no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This... | |
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Imlac,) 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... 
