 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...; — JoHNSON. " We muft confider how very little hiftory there is; I mean real authentick hiftory. That certain Kings reigned, and certain battles were...depend upon as true ; but all the colouring, all the philofophy, 1775- of hiftory is conjecture." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir, you would reduce all hiftOI7 to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...muft confider how very little hiftory there is; I mean read authentick hiftory. That certain Kiftgs reigned, and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true; but all the cokmring, all the philofophy, t775. of hiftory is conjecture." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir, you would reduce... | |
 | 1806 - 310 pages
...little history there is ; I mean real authentick history. That certain kings reigned, and certairi battles were fought, we can depend- upon as true ;...colouring, all the philosophy of history is conjecture. THE great .direction which Burton has left to melancholy men is, Be not solitary ; be ncJ ' He, which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...being made ; — JOHNSON. " We must consider how very little history there is ; I mean real authentick history. That certain Kings reigned, and certain battles...you would reduce all history to no better than an almanack, a mere chronological series of remarkable events." Mr. Gibbon, who must at that time have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...being made; — JOHNSON. "We must consider how very little history there is ; I mean real authentick history. That certain Kings reigned, and certain battles...all the colouring, all the philosophy of history is conjee- 1775. ture." BOSWELL. " Then, Sir, you would reduce all ^f^TT history to no better than an... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...very-little history there is; I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned, and certain buttles were fought, we can depend upon as true; but all the...colouring, all the philosophy of history is conjecture. ISoswell. Then, Sir, yon would reduce all history to no better than an almanack, a mere chronological... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...history being made : JOHNSON. " We must consider how very little history there is; I mean real anthentic history. That certain kings reigned, and certain battles...you would reduce all history to no better than an almanack, a mere chronological series of remarkable events." Mr. Gibbon, who must at that time have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 542 pages
...being made; — JOHNSON. " We must consider how very little history there is; I mean' real authentick history. That certain kings reigned, and certain battles...you would reduce all history to no better than an almanack, a mere chronological series of remarkable events. Mr. Gibbon, who must at that time have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...reading history being made ; — Johnson. We mnst consider how very little history there is; I mean real authentic history. That certain kings reigned, and...certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as trne; but all the colouring, all the philosophy of history is conjecture. Boswell. Then, Sir, you would... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...reading history being made : JOHNSON. " We must consider how very little history there is ; I mean real authentic history. That certain kings reigned, and...certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as tine ; but all the colouring, all the philosophy of history, is conjecture." BOSWELL. " Then, sir,... | |
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The common remark as to the utility of reading history being made ; — JoHNSON : "We must consider how very little history there is ; I mean real authentic history. That certain kings reigned, and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true... 
