 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...him. He appears, by his modest and unaffecting narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr. Johnson pre-. fixed to this edition. liis imagination.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...contradict him. He appears by his modest and unaffecting narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 506 pages
...fictions. He appears, by his " modest and unaffected narration, to have " described things as he saw them ; to have " copied nature from the life ; and to have...with no basilisks, that destroy " with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey, without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock, without deafening... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 514 pages
...contradict him. He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his * For an account of this book, see the Life... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...him. 's He appears by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that deetroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour tlieir prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...fictions. He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them ; to have copied nature from the life ; and to have...meets with no basilisks, that destroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey, without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock, without deafening... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...him. " He appears by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have consulted his senses, not his imagination....meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocki without deafening... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 450 pages
...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. * For an account of this book, see the Life of Dr. JOHNSON, by the Editor. 4 The reader will here find... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 pages
...him. " He appears by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted...meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes ; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...bcunds of probability, has a right to demand that they should believe him who cannot contradict him. not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks/vithout deafening... | |
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He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles... 
