 | 1787 - 528 страница
...glad to have elcaped fo wi.ll. I am, Sir, yours, &c. ROBIN SPRITELV. №LXXXIV. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24. BIOGRAPHY is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that which is moft eagerly read, and molt eafily applied to the purpofes of life. In romances, when the wild field... | |
 | 1792 - 528 страница
...Ihelter in their {hip?, and reign once more in ,our native country." On Biography , from the Idler. Biography is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that which is moft eagerly read, and moll eafily applied to the purpofes of life. In romances, when the field of... | |
 | 1802 - 522 страница
...Idler. BIOGRAPHY is, of the vari- " ous kinds ol narrative writing, that which is moet eagerly rea<¡, and most easily applied to the purposes of life. In romances, when the field of possibility lies open to invention, tlxe incidents may easily be made more numerous, the г-icissitudes... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 448 страница
...Samuel Peters, LLD New York ; printed for the author, 180?. 12mo. pp. 155. " Biography," says Johnson, " is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that...read, and most easily applied to the purposes of life. " The examples and events of history press, indeed, upon the' mind with the weight of truth , but when... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 страница
...so well. I am, SIR, yours, &c. ROBIN SPRITILT. ftNUMB. 84. SATURDAY, November 24, 1759. T> IOGRAPHY is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that...applied to the purposes of life. In romances, when the wide field of possibility lies open to invention, the incidents may easily be made more numerous, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 страница
...his own weakness is very glad to have escaped so well. I am, sir, yours, &c. ROBIN SPRITELT. No. 84. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1759. .BIOGRAPHY is, of the...applied to the purposes of life. In romances, when the wide field of possibility lies open to invention, the incidents may easily be made more numerous, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 страница
...escaped so well. I am, sir, yours, &c. ROBIN SPRITELT, No. 84. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1759. B IOGRAPHY is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that...applied to the purposes of life. In romances, when the wide field of possibility lies open to -invention, the incidents may easily be made more numerous,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 страница
...his own weakness is very glad to, have escaped so well. I am, sir, yours, &c. ROBIN SPRITELY. No. 84, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1759. BIOGRAPHY is, of the...applied to the purposes of life. In romances, when the wide field of possibility lies open to invention, the incidents may easily be made more numerous, the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 страница
...own weakness is very glad to have escaped so well. I am, Sir, yours, &c. ROBIN Sl'RITELY.' N° 84. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1759. BIOGRAPHY is, of the...applied to the purposes of life. In romances, when the wide field of possibility lies open to invention, the incidents may easily be made more numerous, the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 страница
...a pleasing dream, of which, when they awake, they voluntarily dismiss the images from their minds. BIOGRAPHY is, of the various kinds of narrative writing,...read, and most easily applied to the purposes of life. The examples and events of history press, indeed, upon the mind with the weight of truth; but when... | |
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NOVEMBER 24, 1759. .BIOGRAPHY is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that which is most eagerly read, and most easily applied to the purposes of life. 
