 | 1750 - 228 pages
...biography has often been allotted to writers who feem very little acquainted with the nature of their talk, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely...account than might be collected from public papers ; and imagine thcmfelves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological fcries of aftions or preferments... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...biography has often been allotted to writers who feem very little acquainted with the nature of their talk, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themftlves writing a life when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...been allotted to writers - ^who feem very little acquainted with the nature of • <•' - their tafk, or very negligent about the performance. "" They rarely...any other account than might be ~~ collected from publick papers, but imagine them . felves writing a life when they exhibit a chronologi^r cal feries... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...biography has often been allotted to writers who feem very little acquainted with the nature of their tafk, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers,' but imagine themfelves writing a life when they exhibit a chronological feries of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...has often been allotted to writers, who feem very little acquainted with the nature of their tafk, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themfelves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological feries of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...biography has often been allotted to writers who feem very little acquainted with the nature of their tafk, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themfelves writing a life when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. ' But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themselves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological series of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. ' But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themselves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological series of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. " But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the...afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themselves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological series of... | |
 | 1801 - 552 pages
...has often been allotted to writers, who feera very little acquainted with the nature of their tafk, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely...afford any other account, than might be collected from publk papers, but imagine themfelvcs writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological feries of aétions... | |
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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... 
