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" The writer of his own life has at least the first qualification of an historian, the knowledge of the truth ; and though it may be plausibly objected that his temptations to disguise it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson - Seite 307
von Samuel Johnson - 1816
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Band 2

1762 - 578 Seiten
...tho' itmay beplaufiblyobjefted, that his temptations to difguife it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality may be expeñed with* equal confidence from him that relates the paííages of his own life, as from him that...
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The Idler, Band 2

Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 Seiten
...though it may be plaufibly objected that his temptations to difguife it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...expected with equal confidence from him that relates the paflages of his own life, as from him that delivers the tranfa&ions of another. CERTAINTY of knowledge...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 Seiten
...though it may be plaufibly objected that his temptations to difguife it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...expected with equal confidence from him that relates the paflages of his • own life, as from him that delivers the tranlactions of another. Certainty of knowledge...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 Seiten
...though it may be plaufibly objected that his temptations to difguife it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...expected with equal confidence from him that relates the paflages of his own life, as from him that delivers the transactions of another. Certainty of knowledge...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 Seiten
...though it may be plaufibly objected that his temptations to difguife it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...expected with equal confidence from him that relates the pafiages of his own life, as from him that delivers the tranfactions of another. Certainty of knowledge...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 Seiten
...from him that Delivers the tranfactions of another. Certainty of knowledge not only excludes miftake, but fortifies veracity. What we collect by conjecture,...conjecture only can one man judge of another's motives or fentiments, is eafily modified by fancy or by defire ; as objects imperfectly difcerned take forms...
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Annual Register of World Events, Band 2

1802 - 522 Seiten
...tho' it may be plausibly objected, that his temptations to disguise it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...collect by conjecture, and by conjecture only can *' f 3 ono one man judge of another's motives or sentiment^, is easily modified by .fancy or by desire...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 Seiten
...temptations to disguise it, are equah to his opportunities of knowing it, yet it cannot but be thought, that impartiality may be expected with equal confidence from him; that relates the'passages of his own life, as from him that delivers the transactions of another. What is collected...
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Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. Cornelius Winter

1808 - 512 Seiten
...though it may be plausibly objected that his temptations to disguise it, are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...from him that delivers the transactions of another. He that'sits down calmly and voluntarily to review his life for the admonition of posterity, or to...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Band 7

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 Seiten
...though it may be plausibly objected that his temptations to disguise it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet I cannot but think that impartiality...Certainty of knowledge not only excludes mistake, but fortifios veracity. What we collect by conjecture, and by conjecture only can one man judge of another's...
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