 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above...what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the mod perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above...credit we fhall never imitate, but of the higheft and pureft kind that humanity can reach, which, when exercifed in fuch trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot dilcovc: -.vhv there mould not be exhibited the moft perfeil idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fliall never imitate, but the highell and pureft that humanity c?n reach, which, exerciied in luch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difeover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above...what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exiTcifed in fuch trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above...what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, cxercifed in fuch trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above...what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...hiftoric.il veracity has no place, I cannot difcovcr why there fhould not be exhibited the mcit perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above...probability, for what we cannot credit we fhall never imitale, but the higheft and pureft that hmuanity can reach, which} excrciied in fuch trials as the... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
..." In narratives, where hiltorical veracity has no place, there mould be exhibited the moft perfeft idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability (for what we cannot credit we (hall never imitate), but the highett and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...hiflorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there mould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above...what we cannot credit, we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such... | |
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In narratives, where historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest... 
