 | 1786 - 838 σελίδες
...vain as any of his readers ; jdly, mull are very prone to believe what they do not underftand ; 4thlv, they will believe any thing 'at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it ; jthly, they love to take a new road, even when that road leads no where ; 6thly he was reckoned a... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 σελίδες
...prone • Mafon'j Edition cf Gray'/ Potau. 467 pone to believe what they do not underftand ; 4thly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it ; jthly, they love to take a new road, even when {hat road leads no where ; 6thly, he was reckoned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 294 σελίδες
...believe what •" they do not vmderftand; fourthly, they " will believe any thing at all, provided t' they are under no obligation to believe •" it.;...love to take a new " road, even when that road leads no " where ^ Sixthly, he was reckoned a " fine writer, and feems always to mean *' more than he faid..... | |
 | SAMUEL johnson - 1781 - 292 σελίδες
...to be a philo" fopher in vogue ; I will tell you : firft, ** he was a lord; fecondly, he was as f< vain as any of his readers; thirdly, ** men are very prone to believe what *' they do not underftand; fourthly, they " will believe any thing at all, provided *' they are under no obligation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 σελίδες
...under/tand ; " fourthly, they will believe any thing at " all, provided they are under no obliga" tion to believe it ; fifthly, they love to " take a new road, even when that road " leads ct leads no where ; fixthly, he was reckoned *< a fine writer, and feems always to mean *' more than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 σελίδες
...Shaftefbury came to be a philofopher in " vogue ; I will tell you : firft, he was a " lord ; fecondly, he was as vain as any of " his readers ; thirdly, men are very prone 'c to believe what they do not undeilfcmd; " fourthly, they will believe any thing at " all, provided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 σελίδες
...Shaftefbury came to be a philofopher in " vogue 5 I will tell you : firft, he was a " lord ; fecondly, he was as vain as any of " his readers ; thirdly, men are very prone <c to believe what they do not underftand ; " fourthly, they will believe any thing at " all, provided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 σελίδες
...philofopher in " vogue; I will tell you: firft, he was a " lord ; fecondly, he was as vain as any of cc his readers ; thirdly, men are very prone " to believe what they do not underftand ; " fourthly, they will believe any thing at " all, provided they are under no obliga" tion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 σελίδες
...Shaftefbury came to be a philofopher ia " vogue ; I will tell you : firft, he was a " lord; fecondly, he was as vain as any of " his readers ; thirdly, men are very prone " to believe what they do not underfland ; " fourthly, they will believe any thing at " all, provided they are under no obliga" tion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 σελίδες
...Shaftefbury t( . came to be a philofopher in vogue; I will tell you : " firft, he was a lord; fecondly, he was as vain " as any of his readers; thirdly, men are very " prone to believe what they do not underftand; " fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, pro" vided they are under no obligation... | |
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You say you cannot conceive how Lord Shaftesbury came to be a philosopher in vogue ; I will tell you : first, he was a lord ; secondly, he was as vain as any of his readers ; thirdly, men are very prone to believe what they do not understand ; fourthly,... 
