...kind is Biography. ( No species of history (says the sage Author of the RAMBLER) seems more worthy of cultivation than biography ; since none can be...diffuse instruction to every diversity of condition.' Hence Johnson infers, that there has, rarely passed a life, of which a judicious and faithful narrative...

...narratives of the lives of particular persons; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than Biography, since none 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,...

...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...

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...narratives of the lives of particular persons ; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since none can be more...more widely diffuse instruction to every diversity of condiiion. The general and rapid narratives of history, which involve a thousand fortunes in the business...

...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...

...narratives of the lives of particular persons; and therefore no species of uniting seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since none can be more...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...

...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...

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...narratives of the lives of particular persons; and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography, since none can be more...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...