 | William Howells - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 220
...of the .dead are not related and believed. This opinion could become universal only by its tru;h : those that never heard of one another, would not have...credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can little weaken the general evidence, and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth 1 ; those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience... | |
 | 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...all nations. * * * Tliis opinion which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, coulri become universal only by its truth (!) ; those that never heard of one another u mi"i¡ not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience «juld make credible." — Róstela»,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal...and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it with their fears." — Rasselas. * This is a mere sophistry; all ages and all nations are not agreed... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...unlearned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal...nothing but experience can make credible. That it ia doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some, who deny it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 162
...believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become uni versa! only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed iu a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth." This is the language of the hypochondriac, not of the moralist, who in the exercise of a sober judgment... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This opinion, 'which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth." This is the language of the hypochondriac, not of the moralist, who in the exercise of a sober judgment... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 164
...among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth." This is the language of the hypochondriac, not of the moralist, who in the exercise of a sober judgment... | |
 | 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 626
...among whom apparitions of the dead are not related or believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth." This is the language of the hypochondriac, not of the moralist, who in the exercise of a sober judgment... | |
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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 perhaps prevails... 
