 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 páginas
...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...prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions curfed... | |
 | 1792 - 574 páginas
...life; and to have confulted his fcnfcs, not his imagination. He meets with no bafililks, that dcfiroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey, without tears; and his catafafts fall from the rock, without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. The reader will here... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 páginas
...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 find no regions cursed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 páginas
...defcribed things as he faw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have confulted his fcnfes, not his imagination. He meets with no bafilifks that...crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cararacls fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. • For an account of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 páginas
...from the life ; and to have " confulted his fenfes, not his imagination. " He meets with no bafililks, that deftroy " with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour " their prey, without tears ; and his cata" racts fall from the rock, without deafening ** the neighbouring inhabitants. The rea" der will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 páginas
...the life ; and to hav^'' confulted his ferifes, not his imagination. '' He meets with no bafiliiks, that deftroy " with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour '' their prey, without tears ; and his cata'' racts fall from the rock, without deafening " the neighbouring inhabitants. The rea" der will... | |
 | James Bruce - 1804 - 518 páginas
...consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; and his cataracts fall from the rock, without -deafening the neighbouring inhabitants." At first reading this passage, I confess I thought it irony. As to what regards the cataract, one of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 páginas
...and to have con" suited his senses, not his imagination. He " meets with no basilisks, that destroy with " their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey,...from the " rock, without deafening the neighbouring in" habitants. The reader will here find no re" gions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or " blessed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 páginas
...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 find no regions cursed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 páginas
...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...rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr. Johnson, prefixed to this Edition. VOL. II. Y The... | |
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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... 
