 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 페이지
...him who cannot contradict him. He appears, by his modtft and unaffected narration, to have defcribed things as he faw them, to have copied nature from...crocodiles devour their prey without tears ; and his * For an account of this book, fbc the Life of Dr. Jobn/oat by the Editor. VOL. IX. F f cataracts cataracts... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 페이지
...him who cannot contradict him. HE appears, by his modeft and unaffected narration, to have defcribed things as he faw them ; to have copied nature from...prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 544 페이지
...his modeft and unaffected narration, t~j have defcribed things as he faw them ; to have copied rature from the life ; and to have confulted his fenfes not...prey without tears ; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants. THE reader will here find no regions curfed with... | |
 | 1789 - 640 페이지
...appears, by his ruDitcatteni, " modeft and unafFeAed narration, n " havedefcribed things as he fawtbem; " to have copied Nature from the life; " and to have confulted his fenfes, not " his imagination."— In March, i6u» Father Jerome Lobo embarked ia the fame fleet with the Count Vidigueua, then appointed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 페이지
...abfurdities, or incredible " fictions. He appears, by his modeft and " unaffected narration, to have defcribed things " as he faw them ; to have copied nature from...his fenfes, " not his imagination. He meets with no bafi" lifks, that deftroy with their eyes; his cro" codiles devour their prey, without tears ; and... | |
 | 1792 - 574 페이지
...incredible fiiftions. He appears, by his modeft and unaffefted narration, to have defcribed things ns he faw them ; to have copied nature from the life; and to have confulted his fcnfcs, not his imagination. He meets with no bafililks, that dcfiroy with their eyes; his crocodiles... | |
 | Richard Hole - 1797 - 276 페이지
...following account of the author : " He appears by his modeft and. unaffected narration to have defcribed things as he faw them, to have copied nature from...to have confulted his fenfes, not his imagination." Ferdinand Mendez Pinto informs us, (I quote from the tranflation in 1653,) that, on the banks of a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 페이지
...life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey...inhabitants. " The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blessed with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom, or... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 페이지
...epitome. 1 In the original, Segued. 1 In the original, Zeila. Aetat. 24.] Lobo s Voyage to Abyssinia. 103 devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts...inhabitants'. ' The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blessed with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom, or... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 페이지
...The rest of the work he describes as an epitome. ' In the original, Segued. ' In the original, Zeila. devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts...inhabitants'. ' The reader will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness, or blessed with spontaneous fecundity ; no perpetual gloom, or... | |
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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... 
