 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 400 pages
...written with elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for...no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age, when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on the world ; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 280 pages
...vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author^of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age, when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on on the world ; but ages... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...written with elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for...which no apology can be made; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on the world ; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly bhmed. His fabuloufnefs, if he vas the author of the fiftions, is a fault for which no apology can be made; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing on the world ; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1792 - 258 pages
...written with elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufhcfs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault .for which no apology can be made 5 but his credulity may be excufed in an age, when all men were credulous. Learning was then rifing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1800 - 302 pages
...ancient models, and wholly uninfected with monastic barbarity. His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he was the auther of the fictions, is a fault for which ao apology can be made; but his credulity may be excused... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...written with elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for...no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then riling on the oo world; but ages fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 432 pages
...written with elegance and vigour, but his fabuloufnefs and credulity are juftly blamed. His fabuloufnefs, if he was the author of the fictions, is a, fault...no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excufed in an age when all men were credulous. Learning was then riling on the world; but ages fo long,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...ancient models, and wholly uninfected with monastick barbarity. His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he vras the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may... | |
 | John Aikin - 1808 - 588 pages
...ancient models, and wholly uninfected with monastic barbarity. His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are...age when all men were credulous. Learning was then rising on the world ; but ages, so long accustomed to darkness, were too much dazzled with its light... | |
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... barbarity. His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused... 
