 | Daniel Defoe - 1903 - 374 Seiten
...having given some relations, says that, amongst others, there was one (meaning this of Parker) which was upon a better foundation of credit than usually such discourses are founded upon; and he tells us that Parker was an officer in the king's wardrobe in Windsor Castle, of a good reputation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 Seiten
...if Clarendon were weakly credulous ; when the truth is, that Clarendon only says, that the story was upon a better foundation of credit, than usually such discourses are founded upon ; nay, speaks thus of the person who was reported to have seen the vision, 'the poor man, if he had... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1905 - 372 Seiten
...having given some relations, says that, amongst others, there was one (meaning this of Parker) which was upon a better foundation of credit than usually such discourses are founded upon ; and he tells us that Parker was an officer in the king's wardrobe in Windsor Castle, of a good reputation... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1908 - 382 Seiten
...having given some relations, says that, amongst others, there was one (meaning this of Parker) which was upon a better foundation of credit than usually such discourses are founded upon ; and he tells us that Parker was an officer in the king's wardrobe in Windsor Castle, of a good reputation... | |
 | Philip Gibbs - 1908 - 512 Seiten
...supernatural warning of an untimely end. It is one of the ghost stories of history, and, says Clarendon, "upon a better foundation of credit than usually such discourses are founded upon." According to this curious tale, there was an officer in the King's wardrobe at Windsor Castle, of about... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 548 Seiten
...Clarendon were weakly credulous; when the truth is, that Clarendon only says, that the story was upcn a better foundation of credit, than usually such discourses are founded upon ; nay, speaks thus of the person who was reported to have seen the vision, "the poor man, if he had... | |
 | Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1912 - 268 Seiten
...and predictions of the Duke's untimely and violent death. Amongst the rest there was one, which was upon a better foundation of credit than usually such discourses are founded upon. There was an Officer in the king's wardrobe in Windsor Castle, of a good reputation for honesty and... | |
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He censured Lord Kames's Sketches of the History of Man, for misrepresenting Clarendon's account of the appearance of Sir George Villiers's ghost, as if Clarendon were weakly credulous ; when the truth is, that Clarendon only says, that the story was... 
