 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 Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 386by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | 1750 - 228 pages
...and all motives to calumny or flattery are fupprefled, we may hope for impartiality ; but muft expefl little intelligence : for the incidents which give excellence to biography, are of a volatile and evanefcent kind ; fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are rarely tranfmitted by tradition. We know... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...ulelefs. If a life be delayed till intereft and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but muft expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which...give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanefcent kind, fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are rarely tranfmitted by tradition. We know how... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...intereft and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but muft expect VOL. V. C c little lirtlc intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanefcent kind, fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are rarely tranfinkted by tradition. ,We know... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 554 pages
...ufelefs. If a life be delayed till intereft and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but muft expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which...give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanefcent kind, fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are tranfmitted by tradition. We know how few... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...ufelefs. If a life be delayed till intereft and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but mull expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which...give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanefcent kind, fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are rarely tranfmitted by tradition. We know how... | |
 | 1793 - 412 pages
...Incidents of an interefting and characteriftic kind, however diligently fought, are not always to be found. The incidents, •which give excellence to Biography, are of a volatile and evanefcent kind, fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are rarely tranfmitted by tradition. It may alfo... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect...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 pages
...of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...tifelels. If a life be delayed till intereft and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but muft expecT: little intelligence ; for the incidents which...give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanefcent kind, fuch as foon efcape the memory, and are rarely tranfmitted by tradition. We know how... | |
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