 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...abfurdities or incredible fictions : whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at leaft probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they fhould believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears, by his modtft and unaffected narration, to... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 pages
...abfurdities or incredible fictions : whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at leaft probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability, has a right to demand, that they fhould believe him who cannot contradict him. HE appears, by his modeft and unaffected narration, to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...abfurdity, or incredible fictions ; whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at leaft probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they fhould believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appears, by his modeft and unaffected narration,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...absurdity, or incredible fictions ; whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability,...they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...absurdity, or incredible fictions ; whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability,...they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appears; by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceed. ng the bounds of probability, has a right to demand that...they should believe him who cannot contradict him. ' He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...abfurdites or incredible fi&ions: whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at leaft probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability, has a right to demand that they fhould believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears by his modeft and unaffected narration, to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...absurdities or incredible fictions : whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability,...they should believe him who cannot contradict him. He appears by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...absurdity, or incredible fictions ; whatever 24. he relates, whether true or not, is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability,...they should believe him who cannot contradict him. " He appeare by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have... | |
 | Thomas Thornton - 1807 - 484 pages
...diseased brain, than the ideas treasured up in the memory from intelligent and minute investigation. " He who tells nothing exceeding the bounds of probability,...they should believe him who cannot contradict him." But while the traveller is allowed the exercise of so extensive a privilege, he becomes responsible,... | |
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The Portuguese traveller, contrary to the general vein of his countrymen, has amused his reader with no romantick absurdity, or incredible fictions : whatever he relates, whether true or not, is at least probable ; and he who tells nothing exceeding the... 
