 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 trang
...inherent vicida- lii is a powerful preservative of the human frame. " He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might...incline him to a. belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy He was a sincere and zealous Christian,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 trang
...in his manners, and in the display of argument and fancy in his talk. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 trang
...in his manners, and in the display of argument and fancy in his talk. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian,... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 trang
...command or direction of his horse, but was carried as if in a balloon ! He wa* prone to superstition but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with 1ealousy. He was a sincere and zealous christian... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 trang
...— he frequently indulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He had a loud voice, and a slow... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 trang
...proper, he frequently indulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He had a loud voice, and a slow... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 trang
...only in his manners, and in displays of argument and fancy in his talk. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason ^examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 trang
...in his manners, and in the display of argument and fancy in his talk. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, IIIH vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous... | |
 | 1820 - 438 trang
...proper, he frequently indulged himself in pleasantry and sportive sallies. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He had a loud voice, and a slow... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 trang
...adopted. manners, and in the display of argument and fency in his talk. He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian,... | |
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He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. 
