 Highlander gives to every question an answer so prompt and peremptory, that scepticism itself is awed into silence ; and the mind sinks before the bold reporter in unresisting credulity : but if a second question be ventured, it breaks the enchantment,...  Notes on Indian Affairs - Сторінка 155автори: Frederick John Shore - 1837Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 стор.
...told fo c^ifidently was told at hazard, and that fuchfeaileffnefs of aflcrtion was either the Jpoit of negligence, or the refuge of ignorance. .If individuals are thus at variance with themfelves, it can be no wonder that the accounts of Giflx.rent men are contradictory. The traditions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 стор.
...told fo confidently was told at hazard, and that fuch fearleflhefs of affertion was either the fport of negligence, or the refuge of ignorance. If individuals are thus at variance with thetnfclves, it can be no wonder that the accounts of different men are contradictory. The traditions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 258 стор.
...fo confidently . jw;is told at hazard, and that fuch fearleiGiefs of iaffertibn was either the fport of negligence, or the refuge of ignorance. If individuals are thus at variance with them-. felves, it can be no wonder that the accounts of different men are contradictory. The traditions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 стор.
...Highlander gives to every question an answer so prompt and peremptory, that scepticism itself is dared into silence, and the mind sinks before the bold reporter...ventured, it breaks the enchantment; for it is immediately dis• covered, that what was told so confidently was told at hazard, and that such tearlessness of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 стор.
...Highlander gives to every question an answer so prompt and peremptory, that scepticism itself is dared into silence, and the mind sinks before the bold reporter...for it is immediately discovered, that what was told no confidently was told at hazard, and that such fearlessness of assertion was either the sport of... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 222 стор.
...answer so prompt and • Journey through the Hebrides. peremptory! that scepticism itself is dared into silence, and the mind sinks before the bold reporter...but, if a second question be ventured, it breaks the enchant-i nu iii; for it is immediately discovered, that what was told so confidently was told at hazard,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 444 стор.
...Highlander gives :to every question an answer so prompt and peremptory, that scepticism itself is dared into silence, and ;the mind sinks before the bold...enchantment; for -it is immediately discovered, that 'whatwas'told so confidently was told at hazard, and that such fearlessness of assertion was either... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 стор.
...Highlander gives to every question an answer so prompt and peremptory, that skepticism itself is dared into silence, and the mind sinks before the bold reporter...negligence, or the refuge of ignorance. If individuals arc thus at variance with themselves, it can be no wonder that the accounts of different men are contradictor}*.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 стор.
...reporter in unresisting credulity ; hut if a second question he ventured, it hreaks the enchantment ; tor it is immediately discovered, that what was told so...negligence, or the refuge of ignorance. If individuals arc thus at variance with themselves, it can be no wonder that the accounts of different men arc contradictory.... | |
 | 1897 - 300 стор.
...The Highlander gives to every question one answer, so prompt and peremptory that scepticism is dared into silence and the mind sinks before the bold reporter...the sport of negligence or the refuge of ignorance." But, from a mountaineering standpoint, Skye was a glorious discovery. Switzerland was exhausted ; peaks... | |
| |
