 ... prevalent feeling stands in the place of certifying testimony, and causes men to hear them not merely with credence, but even with delight : to call them in question and require proof, is a task which cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy....  History of Greece - Síða 583eftir George Grote - 1851Heildartexta - Um bókina
 | 1846 - 824 síður
...proof, is a task which cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy. Of such tendencies in the human mind, abundant evidence is furnished by the innumerable...society, and translated into narrative by forward »nd imaginative minds — legends, in which not merely the incidents, but often even the personages... | |
 | 1846 - 800 síður
...proof is a task which cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy. Of such tendencies in the human mind, abundant evidence is furnished by the innumerable...which derived their origin not from special facts, misreportcd and exaggerated, but from pions feelings pervading the society, and translated into narrative... | |
 | 1846 - 556 síður
...by the innumerable religious legends which have acquired currency in various parts of the world — legends which derived their origin, not from special facts misreported and exaggerated, hut from pious feelings pervading the society, and translated into narrative by forward and imaginative... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 576 síður
...proof, is a task which cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy. Of such tendencies in the human mind, abundant evidence is furnished by the innumerable...have acquired currency in various parts of the world — legends which derived their origin, not from special facts misreported and exaggerated, but from... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 576 síður
...proof, is a task which cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy. Of such tendencies in the human mind, abundant evidence is furnished by the innumerable...have acquired currency in various parts of the world — legends which derived their origin, not from special facts misreported and exaggerated, but from... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1882 - 352 síður
...imaginative, not merely in Greece but in other countries also. These legends, he considers, derive their origin " not from special facts misreported...forward and imaginative minds .... legends in which the generating sentiment is conspicuously discernible, providing its own matter as well as its own... | |
 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - 1899 - 360 síður
...imaginative, not merely in Greece, but in other countries also. These legends, he considers, derive their origin " not from special facts misreported...exaggerated, but from pious feelings pervading the * "Chips from a German Workshop." society, and translated into narrative by forward and imaginative... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1907 - 140 síður
...imaginative, not merely in Greece, but in other countries also. These legends, he considers, derive their origin "not from special facts misreported and...forward and imaginative minds . . . legends in which the generating sentiment is conspicuously discernible, providing its own matter as well as its own... | |
 | Harvey W Scott - 1917 - 388 síður
...proof, is a task that cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy. Of such tendencies in the human mind, abundant evidence is furnished by the innumerable...religious legends which have acquired currency in all ages and all parts of the world. It is a phenomenon common to almost all stages of society; it... | |
 | 1846 - 556 síður
...proof, is a task which cannot be undertaken without incurring obloquy. Of such tendencies in the human mind, abundant evidence is furnished by the innumerable...have acquired currency in various parts of the world — legends which derived their origin, not from special facts misreported and exaggerated, but from... | |
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