Morality of Fiction: Or, an Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most Eminent (Classic Reprint)

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The kinds of instruction which fiction has been supposed capable of afi'ording seem re ducible to three to communicate a know ledge of human life and manners, -to prove the truth of some philosophical opinion, or the obligation of some moral principle, - and, lastly, to exhibit examples of conduct, supe; rior to those which are to be met with in or.

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