 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 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... | |
 | 1835 - 428 pages
...fictions. He appears by bis modest and unaffected narrative 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, bis crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...him. " He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, out (playfully however), " It is a pity, sir, that...for a flea has taken you such a time, that a lion his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening... | |
 | 1835 - 428 pages
...fictions. He appears by his modest and unaffected narrative 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... | |
 | 1835 - 428 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. " These round, rigmarole sentences were rolled against Bruce, a man who had patiently visited three... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...tion. 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, with* out tears ; arid his cataracts fall from the rock, without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...fiction. 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 rock without deafening... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...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. The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blessed with spontaneous... | |
 | James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 pages
...have described things as he saw them ; to have copied nature from the life ; and to have consulted In senses, 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 rock, without 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... 
