 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1874 - 306 pages
...much more reasonable than one who, Contrary to the report of all historians — sacred and profane, ancient and modern — and to the traditions of all...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. I might add, that not only the historians, to whom we may join the poets, but likewise the philosophers... | |
 | John Worth Edmonds - 1875 - 418 pages
.... much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations,...the appearance of Spirits fabulous and groundless. Could I not give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the revelations of particular... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians sacred and profane, antient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations,...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. Could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians sacred and profane, antient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations,...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. Could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular... | |
 | 1881 - 336 pages
...much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians — sacred and profane, ancient and modern — and to the traditions of all...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. " Could not I," he goes on to say, " give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should... | |
 | 1881 - 322 pages
...much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians — sacred and profane, ancient and modern — and to the traditions of all...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. " Could not 1," he goes on to say, " give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1883 - 224 pages
...Spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the Report of all Historians sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the Traditions of all Nations,...the Appearance of Spirits fabulous and groundless : Could not I give myself up to this general Testimony of Mankind, I should to the Relations of particular... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1890 - 220 pages
...spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundlesss. Could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 548 pages
...spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations,...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless.' The Spectator, No. 11o. 1 St. Matthew, xxvii. 52, 53. BoswELL. ' Garrick died on Jan. 20, 1779. ' Garrick... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 168 pages
...specters much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations,...the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless : could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular... | |
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I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance... 
