 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 346 페이지
...why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest or envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality,...evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are E 2 rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 페이지
...why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest or envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality,...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 페이지
...because either word included the sense of both. There are, indeed, some natural reasons why vOL. iv. - cc these narratives are often written by such as were...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 페이지
...because either word included the sense of both. There are, indeed, some natural reasons why VOL. iv. cc these narratives are often written by such as were...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 페이지
...the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense ; and all the plans and enterprises of De Wit are now of less importance to the world than that...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, und the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 페이지
...because either word included the sense of both. There are, indeed, some natural reasons why VOL. iv. 2 c these narratives are often written by such as were...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 페이지
...the sense of both. There are, indeed, some natural reasons why VOL. IT. 2 c 386 THE RAMBLER. No. 60. these narratives are often written by such as were...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 페이지
...persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an VOL. i. 2 c end, end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect...prominent and observable particularities, and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 페이지
...nseless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but mnst expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray u living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, und the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 페이지
...negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themselves writing a life, when...rarely transmitted by tradition. . We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
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There are, indeed, some natural reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight, and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy... 
