 ... 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, if they may be allowed to be...  Thaddeus of Warsaw - Page xiiby Jane Porter - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, 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*. * This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, 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*. * This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be stea* dily inculcated, 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.* * This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...to be thought wicked, if theymay be allowed tQ be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; andthat vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts; that it begins in mistake, and ends in... | |
 | 1813 - 1368 pages
...that nothing is left but to sink under the burthen. VIRTUE. It ought always to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts; that it begins iu mistake, and ends iu ignominy. EPITAPHS. An epitaph must be made fit for the person... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, 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*. NUMB. 5. TUESDAY, April 3, Et nunc omnis ager,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof pf understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; thai it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy*. NUMB. 5. TUESDAY, April 3, Et nunc omnis ager,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...be thought wicked, if they may be D 2 allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, 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*. No. 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1750. Rt mine minis ager,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, 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*. * This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 450 pages
...be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is, therefore, to be steadily inculcated, 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, No. 4, , '' i In the story of Edward,... | |
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