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" 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. - Página iii
por Samuel Johnson - 1840
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A Voyage to Abyssinia: By Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Missionary ...

Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 páginas
...life ; and to have confulted his fenfes not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that deftroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey...inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with irremediable barrennefs, or bleffed with fpontaneous feba cundity, ii DR JOHNSON'S PREFACE...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 páginas
..." not his imagination. He meets with no bafi" lifks, that deftroy with their eyes; his cro" codiles devour their prey, without tears ; and " his cataracts...inhabitants. The ** reader will here find no regions curfed with ** irremediable barrenaefs, or blefied with fpon" taneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 páginas
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appears; by his modest and unaffected narration,...prey without tears, and his, cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volumen1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 páginas
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration,...basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles shows. He says that in the dissertations alone an exact translation has been attempted. The rest of...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volumen1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 páginas
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration,...basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles shows. He says that in the dissertations alone an exact translation has been attempted. The rest of...
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768 ..., Volumen4

James Bruce - 1804 - 518 páginas
...no romantic absurdities, or incredible fictions. He seems to have described things as he saw them j to have copied nature from the life ; and to have...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; and his cataracts fall from the rock, without -deafening the neighbouring inhabitants." At first...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 páginas
...bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears by his modest and unaffected narration,...with no basilisks tha,t destroy with their eyes; his * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr JOHNION, by the Editor. Vot. II. A a crocodiles devour...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 páginas
...have described things as he saw them ; to have " copied nature from the life ; and to have con" suited his senses, not his imagination. He " meets with no...from the " rock, without deafening the neighbouring in" habitants. The reader will here find no re" gions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or " blessed...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volumen1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 páginas
...probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appeare by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described...prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volumen2

1807 - 474 páginas
...probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him, who cannot contradict him. He appears by his narration to have described things as he saw them,...have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He discovers what will always be discovered by a diligent and impartial enquirer, that whereever human...
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