 | 1750 - 228 էջ
...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 public papers ; and imagine thcmfelves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological fcries of... | |
 | 1785 - 596 էջ
...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...might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themftlves writing a life when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions or preferments; and fo... | |
 | 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...might be ~~ collected from publick papers, but imagine them . felves writing a life when they exhibit a chronologi^r cal feries of actions or preferments... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 էջ
...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...might be collected from publick papers,' but imagine themfelves writing a life when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions or preferments ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 էջ
...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...might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themfelves writing a life, when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions or preferments ; and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 էջ
...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...might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themfelves writing a life when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions or preferments ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 էջ
...part of his personal character, which represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. ' But biography has often been allotted to writers,...chronological series of actions or preferments; 'and have so little regard to the manners' or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 էջ
...part of his personal character, which represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. ' But biography has often been allotted to writers,...chronological series of actions or preferments; 'and have so little regard to the manners' or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 էջ
...part of his personal character, which represents him as careful of his health, and negligent of his life. " But biography has often been allotted to writers,...chronological series of actions or preferments ; and have so little regard to the manners or behaviour of their heroes, that more knowledge may be gained... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 էջ
...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...might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themfelves writing a fife when they exhibit a chronological feries of actions or preferments; and fo... | |
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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. 
