 Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails'...  Accredited Ghost Stories - Page 1by T. M. Jarvis - 1823 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more, (said Imlac,) I will not...are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those that... | |
 | 1822 - 394 pages
...immortality of the soul, and of divine providence.' " ' That the dead are seen no more,' observes Johnson, ' I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent...related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps piv\ »i K as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 424 pages
...JOHNSON'S celebrated argument on this subject, in Rasselas, it is almost superfluous to quote : — " That the dead are seen no more, said Imlac, I will not...concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages and all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead : he that is once buried will be seen no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will not...nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom ap* paritions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 64 pages
...from the dead; he that is once buried will be seen no That the dead are seen no more," said Inline, ". I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, mid of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...; it of course relieved no apprehension that might have been excited by the recent spectre. " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not...believed. This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails as lar as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth ; those, that never heard... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; be that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not...nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among v horn apparitions of the deail are not related and believed. This ipinion, which, perhaps, prevails... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not...all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among_wJiom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps, prevails,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not...undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimouy of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not...undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimonv of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions... | |
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