 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 ページ
...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 are at...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 - 1835 - 604 ページ
...give much instruction or delight, and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless. sary than that with which we are furnished by his...always be found. For as nothing can be proved but pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - 1837 - 240 ページ
...transgress the limits of strict fidelity, — But let it be remembered, that if a Life be delayed until Interest and Envy are at an end, " we may hope for...Memory, and are rarely transmitted by Tradition." Whilst, then, we have the satisfaction of the Artist's Presence, we are freed from all uncertainty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 ページ
...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 are at...evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and aro rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can portray a living acquaintance, except by his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 ページ
...instruction or delight, and why most accounts of particular persons are bar»*"• rcn and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at...for the incidents which give excellence to biography ore of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 ページ
...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 are at an end, we may nope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 ページ
...instruction or delight, and why most accounts of particular persons an: barren and useless. If a lifo be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we...impartiality, but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidenis which give excellence to biography are • of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 ページ
...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 are at an end, \ve may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 ページ
...most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till intcrestandenvy formity with the opinion which he has given, that...in which ke baa embalmed so many emineut persons, canpourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 ページ
...now bringing me among my contemporaries, I begin to feel myself walking upon ashes under which tae fire is not extinguished, and coming to the time of...the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition. Vvre know how few can portray a living acquaintance except by his most prominent and observable peculiarities,... | |
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If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and... 
