 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...| tiat men's virtues or vices may be best dis- j cerned ; but very often an action of small note, j a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest Beges, or the most important battles." • To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose... | |
 | William John Fitzpatrick - 1861 - 536 pages
...too successfully laboured to conceal. Plutarch, the prince of ancient biographers, tells us, that " very often an action of small note, a short saying,...the greatest sieges or the most important battles." And Rousseau, speaking of the value of small anecdotes and slight touchings in biography, observes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...irapaTO£«S 01 pcyurnu, «ai iroXiop^"1 iroXtwi'. " Nor is it always in the most distinguished atchievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned...greatest sieges, or the most important battles."* To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. " The business... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - English language - 1878 - 156 pages
...opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long." — Dryden. " Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles." — Plutarch. RULE II. Expressions Complete in Themselves. — Short expressions, complete in themselves... | |
 | Charles Force Deems - 1878 - 780 pages
...it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be discerned : but often an action of small note, a short saying, or...the greatest sieges or the most important battles. — Plutarch. A i, r, confidence which is not absolute and entire is dangerous. There are a few occasions... | |
 | Reformed episcopal Church of England - 1881 - 416 pages
...month. REAL CHARACTER. — It is not always in the most distinguished achievement that men's virtues may be best discerned, but very often an action of...distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sayings or the most important battles. — Plutarch. T SUSTENTATION FUND. HE Treasurer acknowledges... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1884 - 742 pages
...t/upaaiv fiOou; firoiwcv /uoAXov rj pdxau /ui/piovexp, f di ptyivTtu, xai notoopxia Kotew : " Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles."3 To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. "... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 490 pages
...al (J-ey1a-ra1, KOI TroX1opxia troXeuv. " Nor is it always in the most distinguished atchievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned;...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles." i To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. " The business... | |
 | Plutarch - 1886 - 380 pages
...exactness, but rather in a short summary ; since we are not writing Histories, but Lives. Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that...the greatest sieges or the most important battles. Therefore, as painters in their portraits labour the likeness in the face, and particularly about the... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 598 pages
...and Countess of Jersey. letters which show us the man. His WRIGHT. may 32 Dr. Johnson on biography. may be best discerned * but very often an action of...the greatest sieges, or the most important battles V> To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit. ' The business... | |
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Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or... 
