...preserved in admiration. " There are many invisible circumstances, which, whether we read as enquirers after natural or moral knowledge, whether we intend...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the...

...and Anne Egerton, his countess. — Wright. 1 Plutarch's Life of Alexander ; Langhorne's Translation. violent commotion. Thus the story of Melancthon affords...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the...

...the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense; and all the plans and enterprises of De Wit are now of less importance to the world than that...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the...

...Translation. BOSWELL. 3 In the original, and so little re' In the original, revolving some- gard the manners. and why most accounts of particular persons are barren...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...

...negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from publick papers, but imagine themselves writing a life, when...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...

..."—Boswell, ii., 166. XXXIV. (Page 328.)—" If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, then we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little...soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition."—The Rambler, No. 60. XXXV. (Page 330.)—"Sir, it is the great excellence of a writer...

...preserved in admiration. " There are many invisible circumstances, which, whether we read as enquirers after natural or moral knowledge, whether we intend...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can potirtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the...

...and Anne Egerton, his countess. — Wright. * Plutarch's Life of Alexander ; Langhorne's Translation. time, by informing us, that when he had made an appointment,...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the...

...deprived the world of this great man, on the I7th of June, 1719."—Addison's Works, ed. 1862, i., xi. impartiality, but must expect little intelligence...rarely transmitted by tradition. We know how few can pourtray a living acquaintance, except by his most prominent and observable particularities, and the...

...servants than by a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral. ... If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at...evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory." Boswell's Life of "Johnson certainly furnishes an illustration of the truth of those observations,...