 If the biographer writes from personal knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 349by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...the publick curiofity, there is danger left his intereft, his fear, his gratitude, or his tendernefs, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal,...act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their V friends, even when they can no longer fuffer by their I detection ; we therefore fee whole ranks... | |
 | 1801 - 326 pages
...publiek cu-- riofity, there is danger left his intereft, his fear, his ^gratitude, or Ir.s tendernefs, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal,...There are many who think it an act of piety to hide die faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer f offer by their detection ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...the publick curiofity, there is danger left his intereft, his fear, his gratitude, or his tendernefs, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There arc many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they... | |
 | 1803 - 290 pages
...If the biographer writes from personal knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude,...see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsic and casual circumstances. ' Let me... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the publick curiosity, therejs danger lest his interest, his fear, hit gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity,...with uniform panegyrick, and not to be known from one another,but by intrinsick and casual circumstances. " Let me remember," says Hale, " when I find "... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...If the biographer writes from personal knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the publick curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude,...are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faultsOr failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection 3 we therefore... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...If the biographer writes from personal knowledge, and make* haste to gratify the publick curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude,...him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who tlw'nk it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1809 - 428 pages
...of Jesus would not, from personal friendship, permit his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, to overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal if not to invent. We need not express our astonishment at the sad reverse this serrhon presented, nor the feelings of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...If the biographer writes from personal knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude,...friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their YoL. Iv. 29 detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...If the biographer writes from personal knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude,...friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their vOL. iv. 29 detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric,... | |
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