... stratagems; for while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared; and there are thousands of the readers of romances willing to be thought wicked,... Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks - Page 120by Sir Philip Sidney - 1807Full view - About this book
| 1803 - 322 pages
...readers of romance* willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts : that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. No. V. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 17 SO. Et mine omnis ager,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...are best served by poetSi orators, and historians. Ibid. It ought always to be steadily inculeated, that ' virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. . - Rambler, vol. i, p. 14. The general rule of... | |
| Hugh Murray - 1805 - 190 pages
...to be wits. It is therefore to be always inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of a superior understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.' Dr. Blair has also expressed an opinion of the... | |
| Jane Porter - 1806 - 292 pages
...and engaging objects of rural nature ; and on these grounds I Lave attempted steadily to inculcate, " That virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...thoughts ; which begin in mistake, and end in ignominy." THADDEUS OF WARSAW. CHAP. I. THE large and magnificent palace of Villanow, which stands on the northern... | |
| 1806 - 348 pages
...readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy, N° 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1750. ]Lt mine omnis ager,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and end* in ignominy. N° 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1750, Et mtne omnis ager,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 pages
...readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore, to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. N° 5. TUESDAY, APRILS, I/5O. Et nunc omnis ager,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
...readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and tliat vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they might be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. NO 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1750. Et nunc omnis ager,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy*. * This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity... | |
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