 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...  The Life of Charles Lever - xii. oldalszerző: William John Fitz-Patrick - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 oldal
...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 are transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 oldal
...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 are transmitted8 by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 oldal
...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 are transmitted 2 by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most... | |
 | 1806 - 346 oldal
...for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such...soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by jtradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 oldal
...hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such...the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 oldal
...but must expect VOL. IV. Cc " little little intelligence ; fof the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such...the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can portray a livirig acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities,... | |
 | 1810 - 464 oldal
...for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such...the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can portray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 oldal
...for impartiality, hut must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such...the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can portray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 oldal
...for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such...the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can* portray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 346 oldal
...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 are E 2 rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by... | |
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