| James Boswell - 1874 - 584 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained, that " if a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parnel drank to excess, he said, that "it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking, when... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1883 - 596 Seiten
...house at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained that, if a man is to write a Panegyric, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes to write a Life, he must represent it really as i ! was; and when I objected to the danger of telling that PABNELL drank tc excess ; he said, that... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 634 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained, that, " if a man is to write a Panegyric, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parndl drank to excess, he said that " it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking, when... | |
| James Boswell - 1888 - 544 Seiten
...he must represent it really as it was : " and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parnel drank to excess, he said, that " it would produce...it was seen, that even the learning and genius of Parnel could be debased by it." And in the Hebrides he maintained, as appears from my " Journal," a... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 464 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained, that " if a man is to write a Panegyric, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...excess, he said, that, " it would produce an instructive cantion to avoid drinking, when it was seen that even the learning and genins of Parnell could be debased... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1896 - 386 Seiten
...when he discussed the measure of truth permitted to biographers. ' If a man is to write a Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes to write a Life, he must represent it as it really was.' Peculiarities were not to be concealed, he said, and his own were not veiled by... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 546 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained, that " if a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parnel drank to excess, he said, that " it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking,... | |
| James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained, that ' If a man is to write A Panegyrick, : yet I would wish you not wholly 1777] POPULAR COLDNESS TO THE KING 119 And in the Hebrides he maintained, as appears from my Journal... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 Seiten
...of mild ale.' Remains, iii. 139. ' Dr. Johnson maintained that " If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it." ' Boswell's Johnson, iii. 155. ' I have heard Dr. Johnson say how Parnell could not get through a sermon... | |
| James Boswell - 1910 - 548 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I well remember that Dr. Johnson maintained, that " if a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parnel drank to excess, he said, that " it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking,... | |
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