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... The Life of Samuel Johnson - Pàgina 278per James Boswell - 1880Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 184 pàgines
...perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth : thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers can very little weaken the general evidence, and fome who deny it with their tongue^... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pàgines
...prevails as far as human nature isdiffufed, could become 7 univerfal univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pàgines
...perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by Tingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence} and fome who deny it with their tongues... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pàgines
...prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth: thofe, thac never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pàgines
...Become univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed jn a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 pàgines
...as far as - human nature is diffufed, could become 2. univerfal univerfal only by its truth: thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and fome who deny it with their tongues... | |
| James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pàgines
...which prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth ; thofe that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by lingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and fome who deny it with their tongues,... | |
| 1791 - 542 pàgines
...prevails ss far as human nature is diffuled, could become univerlal or.ly by1 its truth ; thofe lhat never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can malte credibls. That it is doubted by fingk cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pàgines
...perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffufed, could become univerfal only by its truth : thofe, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed...experience can make credible. That it is doubted by fingle cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and fome who deny it with their tongues... | |
| John Aikin - 1796 - 374 pàgines
...is diffufed, could become uniT a .. "verfa) " verfal only by its truth: thofe that ne" ver heard it of one another, would not " have agreed in a tale which nothing but " experience could make credible." Refpecting this argument of the univerfality of an opinion, it may be faid, that... | |
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