| Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...and to increafe prudence without impairing virtue. Many writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages,...and as we accompany them through their adventures delight, and are led by degrees to intereft curia their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...and to increafe prudence without impairing virtue. MANY writers for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages,...their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults, becaufe they do not hinder our j.lctfure, or, perhaps, regard them with fome kindnefs for being united... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1784 - 340 pages
...and to encreafe prudence without impairing virtue. Many writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages,...to intereft ourfelves in their favour, we lofe the abhorrrence of their faults, becaufe they do not hinder our pleafure, or, perhaps, regard them with... | |
| 1785 - 596 pages
...writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonagc?, that they are both equally confpicuous ; and as we...adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to ¡ntcreft ourftlves in their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults, becaufc they do not hinder... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...and to encreafe prudence without impairing virtue. Many writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages, that they are both equally confpicuous ; and as \ve accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to intereft onrfelves... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonagei, that they are both equally confpicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures w.th delight, and are lcd bv degrees to intereft O rf O ourfeivei in their favour, we loie the abhorrence... | |
| Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - 1790 - 482 pages
...increafe prudence with" out impairing virtue." — Many writers; for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages,...their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults, becaufe they do not hinder our pleafure, or perhaps regard them with lome kindnefs for being united... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...mingle good and bad qv.alities in their principal pedbnagcs, that they are both equally confpictious ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with .delight, and are led by degrees to intereft ourfelvcs in their favour, we loie the abhorrence of their faults, becaufe they do not hinder cur pleafure,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...and to encreafe prudence without impairing virtue. Many writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages, that they are both equally conipicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...impairing virtue. " Many writers, for the fake5 of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualiticj in their principal perfonages, that they are both...their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults, becaufc they do not hinder our pleafures, or per A French critic f, fpeaking of this charaftcr, fays,... | |
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