 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania - 1853 - 472 pages
...individuality of the character is lost. This will apply to such as have written of Gen. Washington : " Biography has often been allotted to writers who seem...chronological series of actions or preferments ; and so little regard the manners or behavior of their heroes, that more knowledge may be learned of a man's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1855 - 332 pages
...his personal character vhi ;l. represents him as careful of his health and negligent of his life. But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem...imagine themselves writing a life when they exhibit a ehfonplogical series of actions or preferments ; and so little regard the manners or behaviour of their... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...his health and negligent of his life. " But, biography has often been alotted to writers, who scam very little acquainted with the nature of their task,...preferments; and have so little regard to the manners or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character, by a short... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...represents him as careful of his health and negligent of his life. " But, biography has often been alotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the...preferments; and have so little regard to the manners or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character, by a short... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...personal character, which represent« him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. " But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem...very negligent about the performance. They rarely aSbrd any other account than might be collected from public papers, but imagine themselves writing... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...personal character which représete.! hin. as careful of his health and negligent -f his life. 'But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem...very negligent about the performance. They rarely aiïurd any other account than might be collected from public papers, but imagine themselves writing... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 pages
...personal character, which represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. " But biography has often been allotted to writers, who...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themselves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological series of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pages
...represents him as " careful of his health, and negligent of his life." Biography has often been alloted to writers who seem very little acquainted with the...when they exhibit a chronological series of actions and preferments ; and so little regard the manners or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...aside, and men excel each other only by prudence and virtue. DR. S. JOHNSON : Rambler, No. 60. But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem...chronological series of actions or preferments; and so little regard the manners or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained of a man's... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...aside, and men excel each other only by prudence and virtue. DR. S. JOHNSON : Rambler, No. 60. But ion of the body does sometimes influence the memory...lasting as if graved in marble. LOCKE. Memory is the so little regard the manners or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained of a man's... | |
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But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from... 
