 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
 | 1848 - 660 pages
...your 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...apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. The opinion which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could not become universal... | |
 | John Whitehead - Methodism - 1845 - 584 pages
...dead; he that is once buried will be seen no more." " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac) 1 will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent...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 never... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...promise 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 truth1 ; those that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 194 pages
...promise you safety: there is no danger from the dead; he that is onne buried will be seen no more." "That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent andunvariedtestimony of all ages and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 340 pages
...stronger still In its behalf, let those deny who will. (1) [" That the dead are seen no more," aaid Imlac, " I will not undertake to maintain, against...ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails... | |
 | Esq. J. H. JAMES (of London.) - 1847 - 184 pages
...Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her for two hundred ounces of gold. There are no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. And her mind, though forced into short excursions, always recurred to the image of her... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...you safety : there is no danger from the dead ; he that is once buried will be seen no more. " Thai ha@ 3 Tins opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its... | |
 | William Drennan - Irish poetry - 1848 - 180 pages
...subject of his private thoughts, Johnson writes well and feelingly in Rasselas (chap, vi.) : — " That the dead are seen no more," said Imlac, " I will not...apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. * * * * That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence, and some... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 374 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...people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of die dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused,... | |
 | India - 1848 - 622 pages
...he was thus, with a noble sense of duty, endeavouring to provide by the labours of his pen. ' That the dead are seen no more,' said Imlac, ' I will not...no people rude or learned, among whom apparitions are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused,... | |
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