 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pages
...Audacity Audacity the last Refuge of Guilt : To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence 1 is a degree of insolence with which the world is not...and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt. Works, ix. n5. Authority : IT must always be the condition of a great part of mankind to reject and... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - Bards and bardism in literature - 1894 - 350 pages
...that which we have seen. The editor, or author, could never show the original; nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity by...and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt." Goldsmith said of Johnson, with great truth, that although he had a roughness in his manner, no man... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - Authors, English - 1897 - 512 pages
...these, and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole an imposture. He adds, ' The editor, or author, never could shew the original, nor can it be shewn...and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt *.' This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson. He sent... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pages
...these. and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole an imposture. He adds, ' The editor, or author, never could shew the original, nor can it be shewn...and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt 2.' This reasoning carries with it great weight. It roused the resentment of Mr. Macpherson. He sent... | |
 | Robert Kleuker - Comparative literature - 1907 - 188 pages
...l believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other lt would be easy to shew it if he had it; but whence could Sobifon beuft ^ier an einen 23nef SJoltaire§... | |
 | Daisy Pearl Blum - 1916 - 322 pages
...that which we have seen. The editor , or author, could never show the original; nor can it be shown by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence is a degree of ins .lence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stuboorn audacity is the last refuge of... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn...audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had. It is too long to be remembered, and the language... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Hebrides - 1924 - 562 pages
...I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn...audacity is the last refuge of guilt. It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had ? It is too long to bf; remembered, and the language... | |
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I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with... 
