 | James Boswell - 1848 - 392 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...he must represent it really as it was:" and when I sbjected to the danger of telling that Parnell drank to excess, he said, that, " it would produce an... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 562 Seiten
...duties of a biographer may illustrate what he means. " If a man," he said, " is to write a Panegyric, he may keep vices out of sight: but if he professes...write a Life, he must represent it really as it was." In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1756, p. 382, &c. there is an article on a new species of epitaphs... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 476 Seiten
...NEWTONBS, Natures Legibus investigatis, hie quiescit.* " If a man," he said, " is to write a Panegyric, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...write a Life, he must represent it really as it was." In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1756. p. 382, &c. there is an article on a new species of epitaphs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 Seiten
...example than good by telling the whole truth." Yet he observed on another occasion, and to Boswell, that " it would produce an instructive caution to...learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it" Indeed he was not always true to himself. When asked if it was not wrong in Orrery to 8 ' Idler,' No.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 Seiten
...example than good by telling the whole truth." Yet he observed on another occasion, and to Boswell, that " it would produce an instructive caution to...learning and genius of Parnell could be debased by it." Indeed he was not always true to himself. When asked if it was not wrong in Orrery to 1 ' Idler,' No.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1857 - 464 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...drinking, when it was seen that even the learning and the genius of Parnell could be debased by it. And in the Hebrides he maintained that a man's intimate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1857 - 474 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...and when I objected to the danger of telling that Pamell drank to excess, he said that it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking, when... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 Seiten
...laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible. How TO WRITE BIOGRAPHY. If a man is to write A Panegyric, he may keep vices out of sight ; but if he professes...write A Life, he must represent it really as it ( was. ANALYSATION. To be distinct, we must speak analytically. If we analyse language, we must speak of it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 Seiten
...at Edinburgh, I veil 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 it vu:' and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parnell drank to excess, In- said, that ' it... | |
 | 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,... | |
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Life, he must represent- it really as it was :" and when I objected to the danger of telling that Parnell drank to excess, he said, that " it would produce an instructive caution to avoid drinking, when it was seen, that even the learning and genius of... 
