 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 198 pages
...will spare the one for the s^kc of the other; and in judging, if not of others, at least of themselvi will be apt to estimate their virtues by their vices....virtue not angelical, nor above probability ; for what \ve cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but of the highest and purest kind that humanity can reach... | |
 | Belville-house - 1805 - 332 pages
... THLLIAM GOOCH. *.* BEL VILLE-HO USE, NOVEL. BELVILLE-HOUSE, A NOVEL: IN TWO VOLUMES. " I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives, were his torical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there...what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives, were his torical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there...what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but thelughest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
...instead of helping to settle their boundaries, mix them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives, where historical...what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which exercised in such trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...instead of helping to settle their boundaries, mix them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives, where historical...what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which exercised in such trials as the various revolutions... | |
 | 1809 - 1020 pages
...historical ve" racity has no place, 1 cannot disco" ver why there should not be exhibit" ed the most pcriect idea of virtue ; " of virtue not angelical, nor above...what we cannot " credit, we shall never imitate ; but " the highest and purest that huma" nity can reach ; which exercised in ' such trials as the various... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...instead of helping to settle their boundaries, mix them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives where historical veracity...discover why there should not be exhibited the most most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
..." In narratives, where hiflorical veracity has no place, there ihould be exhibited the moil perfeft idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability (for what we cannot credit we lhall never imitate), but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...instead of helping to settle their boundaries, mix them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives where historical veracity has no place, I cannot dbcover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical,... | |
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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... 
