 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 str.
...and most interesting kind is Biography. ( No species of history (says the sage Author of the RAMBLER) seems more worthy of cultivation than biography ;...diffuse instruction to every diversity of condition.' Hence Johnson infers, that there has, rarely passed a life, of which a judicious and faithful narrative... | |
 | 1803 - 290 str.
...writings, to be found in narratives of the lives of particular persons; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than Biography,...can be more delightful or more useful, none can more widely diffuse instruction to every diversity of condition. The general and rapid narratives of history,... | |
 | 1806 - 346 str.
...seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since nope can be more delightful or more useful, nor can more certainly enchain the heart by irresistible...interest or more widely diffuse instruction to every diversi. ty of condition. The general and rapid narratives of history, which involve a thousand fortunes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 346 str.
...writings, to be found in narratives of the lives of particular persons ; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography,...more widely diffuse instruction to every diversity of condiiion. The general and rapid narratives of history, which involve a thousand fortunes in the business... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1811 - 490 str.
...JONES. THE SIXTH EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED: With numerous Additions and Improvements. " No species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than BIOGRAPHY»...since none can be more delightful or more useful, nor can more certainly en" chain Che heart by irresistible interest, or more widely diffuse instruction... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 str.
...writings, to be found in narratives of the lives of particular persons; and therefore no species of uniting seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since...The general and rapid narratives of history, which mvolve a thousand fortunes in the business of a day, and complicate innumerable incidents in one great... | |
 | Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 str.
...were neglected, of the satisfaction arising from their evidence. Dr. Johnson says, " No species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography,...since none can be more delightful or more useful, none more certainly enchains the heart by irresistible interest, or more widely diffuses instruction to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 306 str.
...writings, to be found in narratives of the lives of particular persons; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography,...instruction to every diversity of condition. The general and rap'd narratives of history, which involve a thousand fortunes in the business of a day, and complicate... | |
 | 1823 - 428 str.
...writings, to be found in narratives of the lives of particular persons ; and, therefore, no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography,...diffuse instruction to every diversity of condition. I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 474 str.
...writings, to be found in narratives of the lives of particular persons ; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography,...of a day, and complicate innumerable incidents in tme great transaction, afford few lessons applicable to private life, which derives' its comforts and... | |
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... no species of -writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since none can be more delightful or more useful, none can more certainly enchain the heart by irresistible interest, or more widely diffuse instruction to every diversity of... 
