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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. - Seite 12
von Samuel Johnson - 1806
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 Seiten
...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...
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A Voyage to Abyssinia: By Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Missionary ...

Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 Seiten
...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...
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A Voyage to Abyssinia, Band 15

Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 544 Seiten
...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...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Band 59,Teil 1

1789 - 640 Seiten
...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Band 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 556 Seiten
...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 Seiten
...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...
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The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and ..., Band 13

1792 - 574 Seiten
...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...
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Remarks on the Arabian Nights Entertainments: In which the Origin of Sinbad ...

Richard Hole - 1797 - 276 Seiten
...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 Seiten
...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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 Seiten
...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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