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" This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted... "
Periodical Criticism - Page 271
by Walter Scott - 1835
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.' Notwithstanding my high admiration of Rassclas, I will not maintain that the ' morbid melancholy1 '...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears." Notwithstanding my high admiration of Rasselas, I will not maintain that the " morbid melancholy "...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.' Notwithstanding my high admiration of Rassclas, I will not maintain that the 'morbid melancholy" in...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears. "Yet I do not mean to add new terrors to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can be...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears. " Yet T do not mean to add new terrors to those which have already seized upon Pi-kuali. Dd3 There...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale, which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears."* This bias towards a belief in supernatural agency, he indulged to the latest period of his life; in...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears. Yet I do not mean to add new terrors to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can be no...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale, which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...it with their tongues, confess it by their fears."* This bias towards a belief in supernatural agency, he indulged to the latest period of his life; in...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale, which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their feais."* This bias towards a belief in supernatural agency, he indulged to the latest period of his...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken...deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears. " Yet I do not mean to add new terrors to those which have already seized upon Pekuah. There can be...
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