 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...throw a brightnefs on their crimes, and whom fcarce any villainy made perfectly 'detdftablei, becaufo they never could be wholly diverted of their excellencies...to be preferved, than the art of murdering without paifl. • .11 -i- 4 iI 05 SOME SOME have advanced, without due attention to the confequences of this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1784 - 340 pages
...and whom fcarce any villainy made . perfectly deteftable, becaufe they never could be wholly divefted of their excellencies; but fuch have been in all ages...corrupters of the world, and their refemblance ought no mo* to be preferred, than the art of murdering without pain. Some have advanced, without due attention... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...made pertiCLly detei'u'.ble, becaull. they never could be wholly N»4. THE RAMBLER. 25 wholly divefted of their excellencies; but fuch have been in all ages the great corrupccrs of the world, and their refemblan.ce ought no more to be preferved, than the art of murdering... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...endowments threw a brightd whom fcarce any villany nefs on their crimes, and whom Icarce any made perfectly deleitable, becaufe they never could be wholly diverted...the world; and their refemblance ought no more to be preferred than the art of murdering without pain. " In narratives, where hiltorical veracity has no... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies: but such have been, in all ages, the great corrupters of the world ; and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved than the art of murdering without pain. Rambler, vol. i,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 pages
...perfectly detestable, becluse they could never be wholly divested of their excellencies : but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world ; and their remembrance ought no more to be preserved, than the art of murdering without pain. ' Some have advanced,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 190 pages
...made perfectly detestable, because they could never be wholly divested of their excellencies: but such have been in all ages the great corr-upters of the world ; and their remembrance ought no more to be preserved, than the art of murdering without pain. ' Some have advanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies ; but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be perceived, than die art of murdering without pain. Some have advanced,... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies ; but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be perceived, than the art of murdering without pain. Some have advanced,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 pages
...made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies; but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved, than the art of murdering without pain. Some have advanced,... | |
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There have been men indeed splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villainy made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies; but such have been in all ages... 
