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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... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius - Page 382
by Samuel Johnson - 1810
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 1

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 pages
...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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 6

English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...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,...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 2

1806 - 346 pages
...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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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The Rambler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1811 - 346 pages
...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...
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A New Biographical Dictionary:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - Biography - 1811 - 490 pages
...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...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 2

Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 pages
...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...
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Delaplaine's repository of the lives and portraits of distinguished American ...

Joseph Delaplaine - 1815 - 314 pages
...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...
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The Rambler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1817 - 306 pages
...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...
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The British Essayists: Rambler

English essays - 1823 - 428 pages
...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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 474 pages
...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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