...ought to imitate, is that to which all may attain. The writer therefore agrees with Dr. Johnson, " that there has rarely passed a life, of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful:" and he is also of opinion, that the private lives of some persons, such as Mr. Stevens was, belong,...

...descend below the consultation of senates, the motions of armies, and the schemes of conspirators. I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithfnl narrative would not be useful. For, not only every man has, in the mighty mass of the world,...

...may serve as a beacon to all those who feel the glow of conscious worth. If Dr. Johnson be right, " that there has rarely passed a life, of which a judicious and authentic narrative would not be useful," it will be seen that Captain Beaver's is certainly not the...

...It was in the spirit of this reflection, that Doctor Johnson made that truly philosophical remark, that there has rarely passed a life, of which a judicious and authentic narrative would not be useful—a remark in which there is certainly more included than meets...

...bestowed them. . ,> • It is remarked by our celebrated moralist, Dr. Johnson, " That there has scarcely passed a life, of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not have been useful." If such a remark is generally applicable, much more is it appropriate to the subjects...

...descend below the consultation of senates, the motions of armies, and the schemes of conspirators. venience arises in like manner, from struggles of the will against the understanding. It is not las, in the mighty mass of the world, great num•ers in the same condition with himself, to whom lis...

...certain joys, sorrows, and consequently of common sympathies, Dr. Johnson expresses the opinion, ' that there has rarely passed a life, of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not he useful.' And doubtless almost all personal history, from that of ' the mightiest genius of two thousand...

...descend helow the consultation of senates, the motions of armies, and the schemes of conspirators. I have often thought that there has rarely passed...narrative would not be useful. For, not only every man lias, in the mighty mass of the world, great numbers in the same condition with himself, to whom liis...

...descend below the consultation of senates, the motions of armies, and the schemes of conspirators. I have often thought that there has rarely passed...of immediate and apparent use ; but there is such a uniformity in the state of man, considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and...

...descend below the consultation of senates, the motions of armies, and the schemes of conspirators. I have often thought that there has rarely passed...be of immediate and apparent use, but there is such a uniformity in the state of man, considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and...